ACT| The App Association executive director Morgan Reed issued the following statement in response to the FTC enforcement action against mobile app Snapchat. ACT has been closely monitoring FTC's enforcement of privacy violations in the mobile app ecosystem. It is good for the industry when consumers have confidence that their [...]
ACT | The App Association today brings 50 software companies from across the country to the nation's capital for its annual Washington Fly In. On Monday, participants will attend the ACT Conference on the Mobile Economy. On Tuesday they conduct over 125 meetings with Senators, Members of Congress, FTC Commissioners, [...]
ACT | The App Association executive director Morgan Reed issued a statement on today’s FTC clarification on the enforcement of children’s online privacy to provide guidance for companies that manage student data online. School administrators often are provided few details about how online service providers handle data collected on children, [...]
The Association for Competitive Technology is proud to celebrate Data Privacy Day. While it is important to protect users' online privacy throughout the year, on this day we honor those whose exemplary work serves as an example for the rest of the industry. One of the groups most dedicated to [...]
ACT today announced the second phase of testing for the NTIA Multi-Stakeholder Mobile Application Transparency Code of Conduct. Following the Code's drafting process, the user testing phase will reveal the most effective methods to convey privacy information to users of mobile devices. This comes after input from industry leaders in [...]