Today Senators Mike Lee and Patrick Leahy, and Congressmen Jared Polis and Kevin Yoder released bills to reform the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) of 1986. The bipartisan bills from both chambers will bring much needed updates to data privacy in the mobile world. Following the release of the bills, [...]
ACT | The App Association is proud to celebrate Data Privacy Data – a day dedicated to promoting the protection of users’ privacy online. While we advocate for strong privacy protections everyday of the year, today we recognize those who have done exemplary work in this area, and identify places [...]
The Electronic Communications Privacy Act was enacted 1986 when stored electronic communications didn’t extend beyond answering machines for most Americans. At the time, only a handful of people were even aware of the internet. Since its enactment, the rapid growth of technology has allowed consumers to use cloud-based services to [...]
The Association for Competitive Technology (ACT) applauds the steps taken by the Senate and House Judiciary Committees to highlight concerns addressing cloud computing and the Electronic Communications Privacy Act. Cloud computing is a new development in internet services which allows consumers to shift their work online using a web browser [...]