ACT | The App Association announces support for The Startup Act of 2015
ACT | The App Association is proud to announce its support for The Startup Act of 2015, introduced by Senators Jerry Moran and Mark Warner. The bill would go a long way to reduce barriers to growth for startups and small companies, encourage investment in new businesses, and create a visa program that will fuel economic growth. The tech industry faces a dramatic shortage of software developers and engineers, and passage of this legislation would provide startups with much needed [...]
ACT | The App Association applauds the Innovation Act
ACT | The App Association applauds House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte for reintroducing the Innovation Act with broad bipartisan support. Executive Director Morgan Reed released the following statement in support of the legislation: ACT | The App Association thanks Chairman Goodlatte for his continued commitment to our country's innovators and entrepreneurs. The Innovation Act is critical to our members and is a major step in dealing with bad actors who abuse the patent system. Our members face daily attacks from patent trolls [...]
#tbt: Six Months of Our Lives in Apps
If you’ve been following our My Life in Apps series the past six months, you’ve learned about the many ways ACT | The App Association’s staff relies on apps. And if you haven’t (tisk!), you’re in luck. In celebration of the day of the week traditionally used to commemorate the more awkward years of life, we’ve decided to throw it back and share our wide range of app-filled guides to life (a #tbt that also involves fewer pairs of braces [...]
ISO’s New Cloud Privacy Standard Helps Small Businesses
In the modern workplace, the cloud is integral to how you do your job. Your email, your customer information, your accounting – it all relies on the cloud. But for most small companies, choosing a cloud service provider (CSP) can be a challenge. With limited information available, it can be difficult to compare services and pick the right one for your business. Enter ISO 27018, the first international standard around cloud privacy. This voluntary standard for CSPs fosters transparency about privacy practices and helps businesses [...]
ACT | The App Association applauds ECPA reform bills
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 Executive Director Morgan Reed released the following statement: “ACT | The App Association applauds Senators Lee and Leahy, and Congressmen Polis and Yoder for their [...]
White Paper on ISO’s new cloud privacy standard
ISO 27018 is the first international standard around cloud privacy. This voluntary standard for CSPs fosters transparency about privacy practices and helps businesses find the right cloud for their needs. For more about cloud privacy and ISO 27018, read our white paper. [pl_button type="info" link="http://actonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/ISO.pdf" target="blank"]Download the Paper[/pl_button]