March 19, 2025
Event Recap: SXSW 2025
"We regret to inform you that a vendor was hacked, exposing our customers' personal information." It’s a message that has become all too familiar as data [...]
Digital Tax Follies: The Importance and Understanding of Sound Tax Policies in Europe
ACT | The App Association’s small business members are the leading edge of innovation in the ever-evolving digital economy. Governments are racing to create mechanisms to [...]
EU Lawmakers’ DMA Petition to DoJ and Commerce Deserves Quick Dismissal
We recently highlighted a bright spot in the otherwise dismal outlook for global digital marketplace regulation. Specifically, as governments around the world consider Digital Markets Act [...]
The App Association to Host Panel at SXSW on Data Breaches and Encryption
Austin, TX – This week, ACT | App Association leadership and members will host a SXSW panel discussion on data breaches and encryption. The panel will [...]
Why Did Brazil’s CADE Exclude Small Business Developers from its Digital Platform Regulation Hearing?
Recently, Brazil’s Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE) held a public hearing to discuss digital platform regulation—an issue with enormous implications for the ACT | The [...]
The EU’s DMA at One Year: Are SMEs Better Off?
One year into the implementation of the Digital Markets Act (DMA), the European Union’s ambitious effort to regulate competition in the digital economy, startups are seeing [...]