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Senate Commerce Committee Passes MOBILE NOW Act
March 3, 2016
Washington -- The Senate Commerce Committee approved the MOBILE NOW Act Thursday, adopting multiple amendments from Senators on the committee. The bill, co-sponsored by Committee Chairman John Thune...
Senate Commerce Committee Conducts Oversight of FCC
March 3, 2016
Washington -- All five FCC Commissioners appeared before the Senate Commerce Committee Wednesday for an oversight hearing. Amid questions peppered with discussion of accessing Denver Broncos’, Gre...
CCIA Concerned About Pictures Tax in France
March 1, 2016
Brussels -- A bill on “Creation, Architecture and Heritage Sites” was adopted today by the French Senate at its first reading. The bill focuses on the freedom of artists to create, relationships b...
CCIA Sends Letter To House Judiciary Committee Supporting Digital Security Ahead of Hearing
February 29, 2016
Washington --- The Computer & Communications Industry Association sent a letter to House Judiciary Committee leaders ahead of their hearing on encryption Tuesday. In the letter, CCIA noted that wh...
CCIA Welcomes Privacy Shield Package: Provides Legal Certainty, Strong Privacy Safeguards And Trust
February 29, 2016
Brussels -- The European Justice Commissioner, Věra Jourová, today presented the full details of the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield, the new framework for transatlantic commercial data flows.
The framew...
President Obama Signs Judicial Redress Act – Key To Improve Transatlantic Trust
February 25, 2016
Washington - President Obama late yesterday signed an important bill into law which will extend some privacy rights to citizens of certain allied countries including European Union states. Specifica...
CCIA Applauds Nomination of Dr. Carla Hayden for Next Librarian of Congress
February 24, 2016
Washington -- Today the White House announced its intent to nominate Dr. Carla Hayden as the next Librarian of Congress. Dr. Hayden has helped the Pratt Library in Baltimore modernize its IT and cha...
FCC Votes To Begin Process Of Opening Cable Set Top Boxes To Competition
February 18, 2016
Washington -- The FCC took a step toward changing the way customers access pay-TV service. The Commission issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking aimed at opening up the set-top box market to competi...
Governments Should Avoid Mandates to Weaken Digital Security
February 17, 2016
Washington -- A federal magistrate judge sided today with the U.S. government in its request to require Apple to weaken the underlying security of a user’s smartphone to facilitate FBI access. The C...
CCIA Applauds Congressional Approval Of Judicial Redress Act
February 10, 2016
Washington - Congress gave final approval on legislation that will give European citizens additional privacy protections after the House and Senate reconciled the Judicial Redress Act Wednesday evenin...
CCIA Praises Introduction of Encrypt Act
February 10, 2016
Washington -- Representatives Ted Lieu (D-CA) and Blake Farenthold (R-TX) introduced the ENCRYPT Act of 2016 today. The bill would prevent states from mandating or requesting weakened encryption, back...