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CCIA Offers Comments To FTC Ahead Of Data Portability Workshop
August 21, 2020
Washington -- The FTC will examine practices enabling internet users to transfer data from one internet service to another at a September 22 workshop. The Computer and Communications Industry Associat...
CCIA Expresses Disappointment In Flawed 9th Circuit Qualcomm Decision
August 11, 2020
Washington -- The 9th Circuit today overturned a district court decision by Judge Lucy Koh, holding that Qualcomm had not violated the antitrust laws by refusing to license competitors in violation of...
CCIA Responds To Draft Australian Regulations Aimed At US Tech Companies
July 31, 2020
Washington -- The Australian government has announced that the Australian Competition and Consumers Commission (ACCC) has released its draft Mandatory News Media Bargaining Code of Conduct that regu...
NTIA Files Petition With FCC To Issue Rulemaking On Section 230 In Response To Executive Order
July 27, 2020
Washington -- The National Telecommunications and Information Administration has filed a petition with the FCC asking it to issue a rulemaking clarifying Section 230 intermediary protections for what ...
New Morning Consult Poll Shows Americans’ Use, Views On Tech In Times Of Covid
July 23, 2020
Washington -- A Morning Consult poll shows Americans have found value in a range of tech services they are using even more frequently during the pandemic. The poll, commissioned by the Computer and Co...
CCIA Remarks On Remarkable Life Of Congressman John Lewis
July 20, 2020
Washington -- Over the weekend, members of Congress and those who worked with Congressman John Lewis offered praise for his achievements as a leader for human rights. Outrage over Lewis’s beating du...
EU Top Court Strikes Down Privacy Shield, CCIA Calls for Urgent Legal Certainty and Solutions
July 16, 2020
Brussels, BELGIUM -- The European Court of Justice (CJEU) issued a landmark ruling today that invalidates Privacy Shield, a key legal mechanism which thousands of companies use to transfer commercial ...
CCIA Offers Comments To USTR On Digital Tax Proposals
July 14, 2020
Washington - The U.S. Trade Representative has asked stakeholders for feedback as part of its investigation into various overseas digital taxes, which target U.S. companies. USTR is already investigat...
CCIA Files Letter to the FCC Supporting Opening a Rulemaking On 12 GHz Band of Spectrum
July 13, 2020
Washington -- The Computer and Communications Industry Association and INCOMPAS filed comments with the FCC today asking the Commission to initiate a rulemaking on the 12 GHz band of spectrum, which h...