Congress committed to mobile health innovation
Today Congressmen Marino and DeFazio sent a letter to HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell that outlined several steps HHS should take to provide clarity surrounding confusion on HIPAA in the mobile health marketplace. This followed a letter sent Monday from ACT | The App Association and leading mobile health companies to Congress. In response to the swift action taken by Congressmen Marino and DeFazio, App Association Executive Director Morgan Reed issued the following statement: The App Association is pleased that Congress is strongly [...]
Senate Bill Brings Clarity to the Cloud
A recent Federal Court decision out of New York set a dangerous precedent by requiring Microsoft to turn over emails stored outside the United States. This decision opens the door for unscrupulous foreign entities to seize the private communications of Americans living abroad. Today, Senators Hatch, Coons, and Heller took a first step in reversing that precedent by introducing the Law Enforcement Access to Data Stored Abroad Act (LEADS), which states the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) and subsequent amendments were never [...]
Testimony of Jonathan Zuck on Intellectual Property and the Internet
Testimony of Jonathan Zuck, President, ACT | The App Association before the Committee on the Judiciary The Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet on Chapter 12 of Title 17. [pl_button type="info" link="http://actonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/09.17.14-testimony-act-2.pdf" target="blank"]Read Full Testimony[/pl_button]
Moms With Apps set to revolutionize kids app space
ACT | The App Association today launched the new Moms With Apps parent-facing site. It features a powerful new search tool to help families find the right apps for their kids, including those without ads, in-app purchases, or links to social networks. The App Association has long worked with Moms With Apps, guiding its growth from a loose-knit group of developers to a 1,500 member organization. Over the past three years, we collaborated on creating industry best practices for kids’ [...]
Mobile Health Industry Asks for HIPAA Clarity and Simplification
The App Association and leading mobile health companies today called on Congress to adopt a more sensible implementation of health privacy laws. This is urgently needed since uncertainty around how existing regulation applies in the mobile environment means advances in mobile health technology are slow to reach consumers. The group highlighted several areas where federal agencies can adopt practices to eliminate uncertainty and simplify compliance with regulatory obligations. While there has been an enormous amount of innovation in mobile health, outdated [...]
My Life In Apps: The Super Mom Edition
Whitley wrote recently about all of the apps and wearables that she uses for marathon training. I will never run a marathon (I know it’s said to “never say never,” but that doesn’t apply here. I assure you that I will never be training for a marathon), but some days I feel like I have – I am a working mom. Smartphones and apps have changed the way we do so many things and I’m often amazed at how much [...]