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January 18, 2024
CCIA Response to News Reports EU Regulators May Block iRobot Acquisition
In response to news reports, including the Wall Street Journal, that EU competition regulators intend to block Amazon’s acquisition of iRobot, the following can be attributed to Computer & Commu...
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December 18, 2023
CCIA Statement In Response To 2023 Merger Guidelines
Washington – The Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice have released the final version of the 2023 Merger Guidelines that reflect the agencies’ increased scrutiny to further lim...
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November 17, 2023
CCIA Statement As Evidence In DOJ, Google Antitrust Cases Wraps Up
Washington – Judge Amit Mehta will hear closing arguments in May and then decide whether the Department of Justice proved its antitrust case against Google search. Much of the 10-week case that wrap...
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November 8, 2023
Group Letter To Senate Judiciary Warns Of Dangers Of PREVAIL Act
Washington – A group of 15 associations, including the Computer & Communications Industry Association, joined a letter to Senate Judiciary leaders listing the problems the PREVAIL Act would cr...
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October 23, 2023
AI Act: CCIA Europe Warns Against Asymmetric Regulation Ahead of Next EU Trilogue
Ahead of the next round of trilogue negotiations on the EU’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act, the Computer & Communications Industry Associations (CCIA Europe) sent a letter to the Spanish Pres...
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September 19, 2023
Digital Markets Act: CCIA Europe Raises Concerns About Consumer Profiling Template
The Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA Europe) filed a submission to the European Commission’s consultation on the template relating to the reporting on consumer profiling tech...
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July 27, 2023
CCIA Statement Opposing Legislation to Build More Bureaucracy for Digital Sector
Washington – Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) are introducing legislation that would create an additional federal agency to regulate specific U.S. digital leaders. Depend...
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July 6, 2023
DMA Compliance Report: CCIA Europe Shares Feedback With Commission
Brussels, BELGIUM – The Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA Europe) submitted its feedback to the European Commission’s public consultation on the template for the Digital Mar...
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June 23, 2023
CCIA Responds to Canadian Parliament Passing The Online News Act, Bill C-18
Washington— The Canadian Parliament passed legislation that would require internet services to pay fees when linking to news content. The Online News Act, C-18, has now received Royal Assent and ent...
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June 15, 2023
Data Act’s Undue Data Portability Restrictions: CCIA Requests EU Privacy and Competition Enforcers To Step In
Brussels, BELGIUM – The Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA Europe) sent a letter to the European Commission and a separate one to the European Data Protection Board earlier tod...
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May 31, 2023
CCIA Statement on 4th Meeting of EU-U.S. Trade & Technology Council
Luleå, SWEDEN – EU and U.S. officials met May 30-31 in Luleå, Sweden for the fourth meeting of the EU-U.S. Trade & Technology Council to discuss continued work on transatlantic cooperation on ...