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August 4, 2016
CCIA Submits Letter To FCC Asking It To Free Spectrum For 5G Technologies
Washington — The FCC took action in its Spectrum Frontiers proceeding three weeks ago, blazing a trail for the development of next generation mobile services, or "5G." The Computer & Communica...
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July 26, 2016
CCIA Welcomes Article 29 Working Party Statement on Adoption of EU-U.S. Privacy Shield
Brussels, Belgium -- Representatives of the EU’s national data protection authorities have recently issued a statement on the adoption of a new agreement to permit transatlantic data transfers betwe...
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July 14, 2016
Microsoft Wins Appeal Over U.S. Government Attempt to Access Communications Stored Overseas
Washington -- The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled today that the Department of Justice may not use warrants issued pursuant to the Stored Communications Act to access the content of...
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July 14, 2016
European Commission Sends New Statement of Objections to Google
Brussels, Belgium -- The European Commission has announced a supplementary statement of objections in the Google comparison shopping case and new statement of objections about Google’s ‘AdSense’...
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July 12, 2016
Privacy Shield Adopted: Clarity For Firms, Privacy Win For Consumers
Brussels, Belgium -- The EU-U.S. Privacy Shield, the new framework for transatlantic data transfers, was adopted in Brussels today after EU Member States approved it last week. Privacy Shield was u...
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July 5, 2016
CCIA Europe, Industry Groups Request Repeal Of e-Privacy Directive
Brussels, Belgium -- In a joint statement today, CCIA and industry groups call for a repeal of the EU’s e-Privacy Directive.
The tech and telecoms group believe that any possible review of the sec...
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July 1, 2016
CCIA, Industry Groups Encourage Swift Adoption Of Privacy Shield
Brussels, Belgium -- CCIA and other members of the Industry Coalition for Data Protection (ICDP) today issued a joint statement to welcome the improved Privacy Shield text. Privacy Shield will stre...
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June 30, 2016
Tech Industry Welcomes Slovak Council Presidency
Brussels, Belgium -- The tech industry welcomes the start of the Slovak Republic’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union tomorrow, 1st July. The six month long Slovak Presidency will kic...
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June 28, 2016
CCIA Applauds Hillary Clinton’s Tech Agenda
Washington -- Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton released a tech and innovation agenda today that shows she understands what is needed to grow the economy. The Computer & Communications Indust...
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June 27, 2016
EU and U.S. Political, Tech Leaders Discuss Transatlantic Digital Relations; CCIA Releases Recommendations
Washington -- Senior U.S. and EU government officials and tech representatives took stock of the transatlantic digital relationship at CCIA’s Transatlantic Internet Policy Dialogue today.
Today’...
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June 23, 2016
CCIA Weighs In On Copyright Office’s DMCA Proposal
Washington -- Internet users and other stakeholders have until Friday to file comments in response to questions from the Copyright Office on the “safe harbor” in Section 512 of the Digital Millenn...
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June 21, 2016
Civil Rights Groups, CCIA Appeal To Congress To Block Government Hacking Expansion
Washington -- The Computer & Communications Industry Association has joined public interest groups to try block an expansion of government hacking. Unless Congress intervenes, a law enforcement re...