Prop 24, CPRA, and CCPA 2.0: What Developers Need to Know
While scholars of the finer points of Californian privacy law will have immediately noticed the redundancy in the title of this post, an important clarification is in order for those less familiar: Prop 24, CPRA, and CCPA 2.0 all, somewhat confusingly, refer to the same thing. On November 3, 2020, Californians approved a ballot initiative known as Proposition 24, also known as the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) or California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) 2.0. This ballot initiative was backed [...]
Wearable Devices for Symptom Monitoring: The Complement to COVID Testing
The quarantine routine is becoming common for many Americans. I myself finished a 14-day quarantine in early November, complete with PCR test following a positive COVID-19 exposure. Within those two weeks, I—as I am sure many Americans—had several questions floating around in my head including, Am I quarantining properly? When will I get my test results?!? What do my test results mean? and What do I do based on the results? A more productive question I found myself thinking was, [...]
Key Takeaways from CMS’s CY 2021 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and Quality Payment Program Rules
On December 2, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its highly anticipated 2021 rules for the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) and Quality Payment Program (QPP). These rules have had, and will continue to have, a massive impact on the use of digital health tools in the American healthcare system. Permanent Solutions Needed After the Public Health Emergency Concludes Telehealth CMS continues to support expanded use of telehealth in addressing the COVID-19 pandemic, adding many new [...]
Year in Review: EU Member Spotlights 2020
ACT | The App Association exists to help our members flourish. 2020 may not be the year any of us expected, but it was a year during which our members managed to celebrate many successes, overcome challenges, and grow their companies. We are delighted to welcome so many talented and innovative new members this year and collaborate with many of our long-standing member companies. Our members develop and innovate technologies across all sectors of the app economy and play a [...]
Member Spotlight: Oh BiBi
With 20 years of experience, Stanislas Dewavrin, founder of Oh Bibi, is a seasoned expert in the game development industry. Before launching their start-up Oh BiBi in 2012, he headed the Creation team at Gameloft for eleven years, working on hugely successful games like the Asphalt Series and Minion Rush. During this time, Stanislas had the opportunity to create some of the first mobile game successes, seeing the user base grow from a few thousand to more than a billion [...]
Innovators Network Foundation Announces 2020-21 Privacy Fellows
Even as we await clarity on the implications of elections across the country, one thing is certain: privacy is not dead. To the contrary, a host of outstanding privacy issues are sure to remain top of mind for policymakers at the federal, state, local, and international levels, including: lawful access to encrypted devices and communications, children’s privacy rulemaking at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), implications of California's new privacy law, facial recognition, algorithmic decision-making, further clarification of the European Union's [...]