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CCIA Praises Congressman Coffman for Introducing Net Neutrality Bill and Supporting CRA
July 17, 2018
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...
EU and Japan adopt data flow deal, will they now fight against forced data localisation globally?
July 17, 2018
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...
CCIA Praises FCC Announcement On Sinclair Merger
July 16, 2018
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...
European Parliament Vote Calls For Better Handling Of Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities
July 10, 2018
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...
MEPs Call For Changes To Privacy Shield, Threaten Suspension
July 5, 2018
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...
European Parliament Rejects Copyright Mandate
July 5, 2018
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...
CCIA Welcomes Austrian EU Council Presidency
July 2, 2018
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...
CCIA Welcomes Music Modernization Act Markup In Senate
June 27, 2018
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...
CCIA Encourages House E&C To Reauthorize NTIA, Promote Spectrum, Competition
June 26, 2018
Washington -- The House Energy & Commerce Committee is meeting today (Tuesday) to consider the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) Reauthorization Act.
The following ...
CCIA Encourages House E&C To Reauthorize NTIA, Promote Spectrum, Competition
June 26, 2018
Washington -- The House Energy & Commerce Committee is meeting today (Tuesday) to consider the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) Reauthorization Act.
The following...
CCIA Members Support Customer Safety Across Europe
June 25, 2018
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...