Europe
G-20 Summit Offers Opportunities To De-Escalate Tensions
November 29, 2018
Washington -- The Computer & Communications Industry Association calls on U.S. officials to use the upcoming Group of 20 Summit to improve relations and reduce tensions with trade partners. Leader...
EU Member States Reach Political Agreement on the ‘Platform-to-Business’ Regulation
November 29, 2018
Brussels, BELGIUM -- Today EU Member States reached a political agreement on the Council’s position on the ‘platform-to-business’ (P2B) Regulation. The adoption of the so-called ‘general app...
CCIA Submits Comments On Copyright Directive To EU Institutions
November 20, 2018
Brussels, BELGIUM -- CCIA and trade associations from across the EU submitted comments on the copyright Directive proposal to EU institutions, to highlight some key nuances, which we believe should ...
CCIA Calls For An EU-U.S. CLOUD Act Framework Agreement
November 7, 2018
Brussels -- On November 8-9, an EU-U.S. Justice and Home Affairs Ministerial meeting will address, among other issues, cross-border law enforcement access to digital evidence for the purpose of crimin...
CCIA Welcomes Election of First Woman To Serve As One of ITU’s Top Elected Officials
November 1, 2018
Washington -- Doreen Bogdan-Martin has just been elected Director of the Telecommunication Development Bureau of International Telecommunications Union. She will become the first woman to serve as one...
CCIA Welcomes EU-US Privacy Shield Review
October 19, 2018
Brussels, BELGIUM -- The Computer & Communications Industry Association welcomes the second joint EU-U.S. Privacy Shield review which took place on Thursday and Friday this week.
The Privacy Shi...
Google Introduces Changes to Android to Comply with Commission Competition Decision
October 16, 2018
Brussels, BELGIUM -- While Google is appealing the European Commission’s Android decision, it announced changes to contractual terms today to comply with the decision. The changes will specifically ...
Senate Confirms Privacy Oversight Board Members
October 12, 2018
Washington -- The Senate has confirmed several appointees to the U.S. Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board. The voice vote gave approval for Adam Klein as member and chairman along with Jane Ni...
CCIA Tech Industry Delegation Meets Incoming Romania EU Presidency
October 9, 2018
Bucharest, Romania - The Computer & Communications Industry Association is leading a delegation of tech companies to meet Romanian Ministers in Bucharest this Tuesday and Wednesday ahead of the up...
CCIA Welcomes New Member McAfee
September 18, 2018
Brussels, BELGIUM -- McAfee, Inc. has joined the Computer & Communications Industry Association. The global company provides comprehensive cyber security solutions to secure customers’ compute...
CCIA Regrets EU Copyright Vote, Calls For A Balanced Outcome in Final Negotiations
September 12, 2018
Brussels, BELGIUM -- The Computer & Communications Industry Association regrets the European Parliament’s decision today to adopt upload filters for a broad range of online platforms and to intr...
EU Terrorist Content Proposal, Good Intentions But Risks To Online Rights And Europe’s Tech Sector
September 12, 2018
Brussels, BELGIUM -- Today the European Commission presented its proposal for a regulation on ‘preventing the dissemination of terrorist content online.’ This proposal puts a range of new obligati...