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Breadth and Depth: Expand the Number of TPP Countries and Promote Internet Trade

Today, CCIA sent letters to the United States Trade Representative (USTR) expressing our desire to see Canada, Japan and Mexico’s unconditional participation in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) talks.  


As three of our four biggest trading partners, Canada, Japan and Mexico’s inclusion in the TPP is essential to ensuring our biggest trading partners are operating under the same “high standard” trade framework.  Besides the obvious gains to be won in further liberalizing trade in these huge markets, having these major trading partners all operating under the same or similar rules would reduce red tape and enhance efficiency.

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Posted By Dan O'Connor | 1/30/2012 1:44:01 PM
 
Twitter’s Difficult Choice: The Unenviable Position of U.S. Internet Companies

Yesterday, Twitter announced that it had created a targeted solution to removing locally “illegal” material on a country-by-country basis.  Perhaps understandably, the company has been accused of abetting censorship, particularly because Twitter is one of the online platforms that has played such an important role in empowering traditionally silenced minority groups, democracy activists and protestors around the world.  

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Posted By Dan O'Connor | 1/27/2012 5:39:59 PM
 
CCIA's Response To EC's Data Protection Proposal
Yesterday the European Commission released their proposal for a new data protection law for the European Union. While CCIA is glad to see the EU working on updating the old Data Protection Directive from 1995, there are some aspects of the proposal that are serious cause for concern and we believe must be addressed if the new regulation is going to be an effective balance between the privacy rights of users and the innovation that drives new business on the Internet. 

A few of our biggest concerns have to do with a blanket opt-in requirement, the concept of a “right to be forgotten,” and a 24 hour notice requirement in cases of data breaches. These elements have the potential to seriously disrupt expected web browsing experiences, place wildly disproportionate burdens on data collectors, or present a serious conflict with freedoms of expression.
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Posted By Ross Schulman | 1/26/2012 11:44:04 AM
 
State of the Union From a Tech Perspective

Tech industry advocates could easily spot some longstanding items from the innovation agenda within President Obama’s State of the Union address Tuesday night.


President Obama said “innovation demands basic research.” He warned Congress not to gut these programs when they balance the budget. Obama reminded them that federal research is what led to innovations like the computer chip and the Internet.

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Posted By Heather Greenfield | 1/25/2012 4:40:12 PM
 
Supreme Court Rules Against GPS Tracking Without Warrants
The Supreme Court today issued an opinion
in the case of United States v. Jones,
concerning whether the police needed a warrant before they placed a GPS tracking device on the underside of a suspect’s car. In a unanimous decision, the Court upheld the DC Circuit’s opinion holding that the police should have had a valid warrant, but gave a different rationale. 

CCIA is glad to see the Court uphold the important idea of location privacy, however we would rather have seen the majority opinion deal with the inherent questions of location tracking, rather than the particulars of physical trespass. We are happy to see, however, that at least five of the Justices were interested in taking a broader view, and found at least some privacy right in locational data, regardless of how it was collected.
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Posted By Ross Schulman | 1/23/2012 3:22:47 PM
 
Congress Puts PIPA, SOPA On Hold After Internet User Uprising

Some citizens, Congress members, and organizations have been fully aware of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA) and the threats they pose for months now.

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Posted By Ali Sternburg | 1/20/2012 2:22:30 PM
 
CCIA Joins PIPA/SOPA Blackout
The Computer & Communications Industry Association blacked out its website Wednesday, along with a countdown clock to the Senate's planned vote on its flawed legislation January 24.

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Posted By Heather Greenfield | 1/19/2012 4:42:21 PM
 
European Commission Presents E-Commerce Action Plan

On 11 January 2012 the Commission presented its Communication on e-commerce. The Communication sets out an action plan to double online sales and the share of the Internet economy in EU GDP by 2015. To this end, the Communication aims to address the still fragmented nature of Europe’s digital market and highlights five policy priorities:

-    Develop legal and cross-border offers of onlineproducts and services

-       Improve operator information and consumer protection

-       Reliable and efficient payment and delivery systems

-       Combat abuse and resolving disputes more effectively

-  Deploy high-speed networks and advanced technological solutions

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Posted By Jakob Kucharczyk | 1/13/2012 11:59:39 AM
 
 
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