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July 17, 2018
CCIA Praises Congressman Coffman for Introducing Net Neutrality Bill and Supporting CRA
Washington, D.C. -- This morning, Congressman Mike Coffman (R-CO), announced that he will introduce a comprehensive piece of legislation to restore net neutrality. Coffman also announced his support...
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July 17, 2018
EU and Japan adopt data flow deal, will they now fight against forced data localisation globally?
Brussels, BELGIUM -- The European Union and Japan today recognised each others' data protection systems to allow the free flow of data between their economies.
The agreement is linked to the major tr...
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July 16, 2018
CCIA Praises FCC Announcement On Sinclair Merger
Washington -- After months of changing the rules to potentially make the proposed Sinclair takeover of additional stations legal, the FCC announced today it was referring the merger to an administrati...
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July 10, 2018
European Parliament Vote Calls For Better Handling Of Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities
Brussels -- Today, the European Parliament’s Industry, Research and Energy Committee (ITRE) adopted its report on the proposed EU Cybersecurity Act. The report includes provisions to improve how E...
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July 5, 2018
MEPs Call For Changes To Privacy Shield, Threaten Suspension
Brussels, BELGIUM -- The European Parliament today passed a non-binding resolution calling for the suspension of the EU-US Privacy Shield framework by September 1, unless several improvements are made...
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July 5, 2018
European Parliament Rejects Copyright Mandate
Brussels, BELGIUM -- The Members of the European Parliament today voted to reject the introduction of a press publishers’ right in Europe (the so-called “link tax”) and of content filtering mech...
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July 2, 2018
CCIA Welcomes Austrian EU Council Presidency
Brussels, BELGIUM -- The Computer & Communications Industry Association welcomes the Austrian Presidency of the Council of the European Union. Austria will steer negotiations from July 1 to Dece...
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June 27, 2018
CCIA Welcomes Music Modernization Act Markup In Senate
Washington -- The Senate Judiciary Committee plans to mark up the Music Modernization Act Thursday. The bill would update the licensing of music rights for the digital age. Senators are also consideri...
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June 26, 2018
CCIA Encourages House E&C To Reauthorize NTIA, Promote Spectrum, Competition
Washington -- The House Energy & Commerce Committee is meeting today (Tuesday) to consider the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) Reauthorization Act.
The following...
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June 26, 2018
CCIA Encourages House E&C To Reauthorize NTIA, Promote Spectrum, Competition
Washington -- The House Energy & Commerce Committee is meeting today (Tuesday) to consider the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) Reauthorization Act.
The following ...
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June 25, 2018
CCIA Members Support Customer Safety Across Europe
Brussels, BELGIUM -- The world’s leading e-commerce companies today signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Online Product Safety in a process facilitated by Vĕra Jourová, the European Commissione...