Washington Post: ACT Introduces app privacy icons Hayley Tsukuyama October 5, 2012 The Association for Competitive Technology introduced new icons Thursday that are intended to provide more transparency when it comes to app privacy. The icons are meant to tell users when an app has ads, social integration, collects location information, connects [...]
eWeek: ACT Launches App Privacy Icons Darryl Taft October 4, 2012 The Association for Competitive Technology announced new App Privacy Icons to help developers and consumers handle privacy settings of their apps. The new icons are part of a broad campaign to provide developers with the resources to demonstrate easy-to-understand [...]
Representing app developers, ACT's Executive Director Morgan Reed will be testifying today at the House Judiciary Committee hearing on New Technologies and Innovations in the Mobile and Online Space, and the Implications for Public Policy. You can follow the hearing through the Committee's webcast and read Mr. Reed's written testimony [...]