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U.S., UK Tech and Business Groups Call on Leaders To Advance Digital Trade

Washington -- Today, a coalition of tech groups and experts from business, government, and academia in the United States and United Kingdom called on government leaders to advance a high-standard mode...
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CCIA Welcomes U.S.-Japan Trade Understanding, Encourages Further Work on Digital Priorities

Washington -- The Computer & Communications Industry Association welcomes the agreement on digital trade announced today between Presidents Abe and Trump as an important first step in strengthenin...
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EU Top Court: Europe’s “Right to be Forgotten” Does Not Apply Globally

Brussels, BELGIUM -- Today, the EU Court of Justice ruled that removed or delisted web links (or URLs) from search engines should not apply worldwide. Europe’s highest court was asked to provide dir...
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EU, US Officials To Meet For Annual Data Privacy Review

Washington -- The third annual review of the agreement used to transfer data between the US and EU begins this week. European Commission, Data Protection Authorities, and their US counterparts, will r...
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CCIA Patent Counsel Josh Landau Testifies Before Senate Subcommittee

Washington -- CCIA Patent Counsel Josh Landau will testify  before the Senate Judiciary’s IP subcommittee today on pending patent legislation. Landau will caution senators that provisions in the ST...
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CCIA Welcomes Nominated European Commissioners

Brussels, BELGIUM -- The European Commission President-elect, Ursula von der Leyen, announced the portfolio assignments of the designated European Commissioners today.  Margrethe Vestager (Denmark) ...
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Victoria de Posson joins CCIA In Brussels

Brussels, BELGIUM -- Victoria de Posson has joined the Computer & Communications Industry Association’s Brussels team and will advocate on tech policy issues including Artificial Intelligence, c...
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G7 Leaders Commit to Global Tax Reform, Presidents Trump and Macron Discuss French Digital Tax

Washington -- At the conclusion of the G7 Leaders Summit taking place over this weekend in Biarritz, France, the G7 leaders committed to reaching an agreement in 2020 to “modernize international tax...
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Tech Industry Offers Recommendations Ahead of G7 Summit

Washington -- The Computer & Communications Industry Association joined 14 other industry associations in releasing recommendations ahead of the G7 Leaders Summit taking place this weekend in Biar...
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‘Off-Facebook Activity’ Feature Offers Consumers New Transparency and Control

Washington -- Today Facebook announced the release of its long-anticipated ‘Clear History’ tool named “off-Facebook Activity”. This feature allows users to access browsing data recorded by thi...
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CCIA Applauds Business Roundtable Letter Redefining Corporate Responsibility

Washington -- The Business Roundtable has announced its commitment via a letter signed by 181 corporate CEOs to operate their business to benefit all stakeholders including not just shareholders, but ...
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CCIA Files Comments To Justice Department On Music Consent Decrees

Washington -- The Computer & Communications Industry Association told the Department of Justice the governing system that the music marketplace relies on to obtain public performance rights is sti...
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