ECJ Safe Harbor ruling creates uncertainty in the mobile economy

Today the European Court of Justice ruled that the Safe Harbor agreement negotiated between the U.S. and EU was invalid. In response to the Court’s action, ACT | The App Association executive director Morgan Reed released the following statement:

This is an issue at the government-to-government level. While the tech industry suffers collateral damage, there are ways to continue our work without a disruption in core services.

Where this breakdown between governments will be felt most is with the small companies driving the app industry. Nearly 80 percent of the top-earning app companies are startups and new entrants that don’t possess the resources of large corporations.

In our mobile economy, businesses and consumers rely upon the services app makers provide. With the recent developments at the ECJ, app users are the ones losing out to government discord.

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