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U.S. Appeals Court Gives Mixed Ruling On FCC Order To Abdicate Net Neutrality Enforcement
October 1, 2019
Washington -- A federal court has found the FCC can choose to give up its role protecting nondiscriminatory internet access, but the ruling appears to leave the door open for states to enforce net n...
U.S., UK Tech and Business Groups Call on Leaders To Advance Digital Trade
September 26, 2019
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...
CCIA Welcomes U.S.-Japan Trade Understanding, Encourages Further Work on Digital Priorities
September 25, 2019
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...
EU Top Court: Europe’s “Right to be Forgotten” Does Not Apply Globally
September 24, 2019
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...
EU, US Officials To Meet For Annual Data Privacy Review
September 11, 2019
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...
CCIA Patent Counsel Josh Landau Testifies Before Senate Subcommittee
September 11, 2019
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...
CCIA Welcomes Nominated European Commissioners
September 10, 2019
Brussels, BELGIUM -- The European Commission President-elect, Ursula von der Leyen, announced the portfolio assignments of the designated European Commissioners today.
Margrethe Vestager (Denmark) ...
Victoria de Posson joins CCIA In Brussels
September 2, 2019
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...
G7 Leaders Commit to Global Tax Reform, Presidents Trump and Macron Discuss French Digital Tax
August 27, 2019
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...