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Tech Associations Offer Recommendations Ahead of G-7 Digital Ministers Meeting
September 22, 2017
Brussels, BELGIUM -- In advance of the G-7 ICT ministerial meeting on September 26-27 in Turin, Italy, technology and communications industry groups issued a joint statement recommending policies on...
State Department’s Rob Strayer Begins Work Leading International Engagement On Internet, Digital Economy Issues
September 21, 2017
Washington -- A new Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Cyber and International Communications and Information Policy began work this week at the State Department. Rob Strayer will help advocate f...
CCIA Reaffirms Support for EU-U.S. Privacy Shield as Joint Annual Review Begins
September 17, 2017
Washington DC -- E.U. and U.S. officials meet in Washington Monday and Tuesday for the first annual review of the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield, the recently implemented framework for transatlantic transfe...
CCIA Hosted Panel Discusses What May Happen In Wake Of SCOTUS Apple Samsung Design Patent Ruling
September 15, 2017
Washington -- At a patent event at the National Press Club this week, panelists discussed an uptick in design patent cases since the Apple Samsung design patent ruling by the Supreme Court. CCIA paten...
CCIA Welcomes Proposal to End Forced Data Localisation in EU Member States
September 13, 2017
Brussels, BELGIUM -- The European Commission (EC) today released its proposal on the free flow of non-personal data in the EU. The proposed regulation prohibits EU member states from requiring that ...
CCIA Responds To Think Tank Report Aimed At Tech Industry
September 11, 2017
Washington -- A report from a new think tank, the New Center Project, rightly bemoans the partisan politics in Washington, but offers several so-called solutions that could bring more harm than good t...
Small European businesses vs. new EU VAT bureaucracy
September 5, 2017
An often overlooked European success story is how hundred of thousands of European small companies have thrived thanks to the Internet. With a few clicks on the keyboard, the smallest European firm ...
EU Countries Question The Compatibility Of Copyright Reform With EU Fundamental Rights
September 5, 2017
Brussels -- This morning, the website Statewatch published a leaked EU Council document on the copyright reform, in which a number of European countries are strongly questioning its compatibility with...
CCIA Asks FCC To Reject Sinclair Merger; Requests Congressional Hearings
August 29, 2017
Washington -- In comments filed with the FCC today, the Computer & Communications Industry Association urged the FCC to reject Sinclair Broadcasting Group’s proposed takeover of Tribune Media Co...
CCIA Warns FCC About Economic Consequences Of Weakening Net Neutrality
August 28, 2017
Washington -- Investment and innovation have thrived under the FCC’s current internet access rules preventing content blocking, throttling, and discrimination. The Computer & Communications Indu...
Regulators Should Allow Interaction Applications to Continue to Evolve CCIA Says in ITU Filing
August 28, 2017
Brussels, BELGIUM -- As a UN intergovernmental body considers internet-enabled applications, the Computer & Communications Industry Association expressed concern about it expanding its mandate. CC...
CCIA Encourages DOJ To Reassess Policies Regarding Warrants For Data Stored In The Cloud in Light of DreamHost Dispute
August 22, 2017
Washington -- On Tuesday, the Department of Justice filed a motion in the District of Columbia Superior Court to narrow the scope of a controversial warrant it had served on web host DreamHost, regard...