Europe
EU and US Negotiators Close To Finalising A Safer “Safe Harbour”
July 23, 2015
Brussels -- U.S. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker met in Brussels Thursday with Vera Jourova, European Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality to revitalise negotiations on a framewor...
CCIA Calls On Congress To Strengthen Privacy Protections For Europeans For Transatlantic Week
July 22, 2015
Washington -- As Members of the European Parliament meet with their U.S. counterparts during the annual Transatlantic Week, the technology industry is calling on Congress to extend redress rights to E...
European Parliament Adopts Reda Copyright Report, Omits Amendments Harmful To Internet, Innovation
July 9, 2015
Brussels, BELGIUM -- The European Parliament has adopted the “Reda report” on copyright today. The plenary vote comes several weeks after the European Parliament's Legal Affairs committee (JURI) a...
Industry Asks Senate To Pass Bill Extending Rights in Privacy Act To Europeans, Others
June 25, 2015
Washington -- In a letter to Senate leaders Thursday, representatives of U.S. industry asked Senate leadership to support the Judicial Redress Act, S. 1600, which was introduced last week by Senators ...
The New EU Trade Strategy Should Break Down Telecoms Access Barriers
June 24, 2015
Brussels - The European Commission is set to present its new Trade Strategy this autumn and the removal of digital trade barriers is expected to feature prominently. As part of the strategy, the EU...
The Controversial Ancillary Copyright for Press Publishers Takes Two Big Hits
June 16, 2015
Brussels, BELGIUM - Today, news-publisher-backed legislative proposals often called “ancillary copyrights” took major blows in both Brussels and Austria. Also referred to as a ‘snippet levy’, ...
CCIA, Tech Industry Cautiously Welcome Council’s Position On Data Protection
June 15, 2015
Brussels – The Computer & Communications Industry Association joined others in the Industry Coalition for Data Protection in a statement expressing optimism ahead of the adoption this week of th...
CCIA, Tech Industry Cautiously Welcome Council's Position On Data Protection
June 15, 2015
Brussels – The Computer & Communications Industry Association joined others in the Industry Coalition for Data Protection in a statement expressing optimism ahead of the adoption this week of th...
What the USA FREEDOM Act does – and why it matters for Europe
June 4, 2015
On Wednesday, President Obama signed the USA Freedom Act, a legislative package of long-awaited mass surveillance reforms that passed the House and Senate after years of false starts and negotiations....
CCIA sponsors European Internet governance forum and hosts event on Internet laws
June 3, 2015
CCIA is an official sponsor of this year’s European dialogue on Internet Governance (EuroDIG) which is taking place on June 4-5 in Sofia, Bulgaria. This annual event convenes hundreds of policy ex...
Bigger than Geo-blocking: How the European Commission’s Sector Inquiry Can Set E-Commerce Free
May 29, 2015
Brussels -- Early this month the European Commission unveiled its Digital Single Market (DSM) strategy. The strategy has the very laudable goal of promoting the digital economy by furthering Europe’...
CCIA Signs Letter Supporting Multistakeholder Input On UN Information Society Review
May 21, 2015
New York -- The World Summit on the Information Society is celebrating its 10th anniversary. Starting next month the UN will begin a process ahead of a December conference in New York to review the im...