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Congressional Working Group Supports Encryption In New Report

Heather Greenfield December 20, 2016
Washington -- A bipartisan House working group on encryption has issued its end of the year report that found that any measure that weakens encryption would be against the national interests. The report acknowledges the impact increased use of encryption has on law enforcement, but found that for [ More ... ]
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CCIA, Tech Associations Ask For Democratic Debate On Audio Visual Services Directive

Heather Greenfield December 7, 2016
Brussels, BELGIUM -- The Computer & Communications Industry Association joined 5 tech trade associations in an open letter on the Audio Visual Services directive. The letter points out the 1000 amendments submitted by Members of Parliament to improve the proposal and asks that the legislation [ More ... ]
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Supreme Court Clears Up Design Patent Case

Heather Greenfield December 6, 2016
Washington -- The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Tuesday that a lower court made a mistake when it awarded all Samsung’s profits on several smartphone models to Apple based on design patent infringement. The Justices said design patent infringement can impact just a component of a product, not [ More ... ]
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CCIA panels at the Internet Governance Forum

Maggie Clark December 5, 2016
Will you be amongst the 2,500 attendees at this week’s IGF in Guadalajara, Mexico?  Check out our two IGF sessions: Wednesday, Dec 7, 12:00, Room 3:  CCIA & Council of Europe session: “Law Enforcement, Cyberspace & Jurisdiction” (WS87). Thursday, Dec 8, 15:00, Room 10: [ More ... ]
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CCIA panels at the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Mexico

Christian Borggreen December 5, 2016
Will you be amongst the 2,500 attendees at this week’s IGF in Guadalajara, Mexico?  Check out our two IGF sessions: Wednesday, Dec 7, 12:00, Room 3:  CCIA & Council of Europe session: “Law Enforcement, Cyberspace & Jurisdiction” (WS87). Thursday, Dec 8, 15:00, Room 10: [ More ... ]
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Industry groups call on EU telecoms ministers to support intra-EU data flow regulation

Heather Greenfield November 30, 2016
Brussels, BELGIUM -- Today 22 industry groups sent a joint letter to the 28 European telecoms ministers urging them to “support an ambitious EU legislative proposal to prohibit unjustified data localisation” laws within the EU at the upcoming Telecommunications Council on the 2nd [ More ... ]
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CCIA Releases Study “An unraveling of the Digital Single Market; A review of the proposed AVSMD”

Heather Greenfield November 18, 2016
Brussels, BELGIUM -- In its proposal to reform European audiovisual rules, the European Commission is proposing to implement cross-border levies on video on demand (VOD) services, a measure that would lead to a fragmentation of the Digital Single Market, according to a new report commissioned by [ More ... ]
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CCIA Statement On BDS, Other Items Removed From FCC Agenda

Heather Greenfield November 17, 2016
Washington - The Federal Communications Commission was set to vote on reforms to the market for Business Data Services (BDS); however, that proposal and three other items were removed from the Commissioners’ agenda today.   The following can be attributed to CCIA President & CEO Ed [ More ... ]
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Senators Ask To Delay Government Hacking Expansion To Allow Congressional Oversight

Heather Greenfield November 17, 2016
Washington -- Senators Coons, D-Del., Daines, R-Mont.,  Wyden, D-Ore., and Lee, R-Utah, introduced the Review the Rule Act today that would temporarily stop the government from gaining new hacking powers until the new Congress has an opportunity to review the changes. Congress would need to pass [ More ... ]
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