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 issues like privacy, security and data flows that would also boost innovation and jobs. The G-7 is an opportunity for economically successful, democratic countries to encourage…
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 for sound technology policy and for the growth of the digital economy with several international governing organizations. Strayer comes from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee…
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 transfers of commercial data. Representatives of the European Commission, U.S. Commerce and Justice Departments and a dozen other agencies will be examining how the new agreement’s…
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 patent counsel Josh Landau, who moderated the panel, noted that a jury had sided with Apple in its design patent claims on…
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 data be stored nationally unless ”justified on grounds of public security.” The proposal seeks to remove existing and prevent further national barriers which currently…
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 to a growing segment of the economy – the tech industry. The “Ideas to Re-Center America” report launched today has some admirable goals…
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 can now export to consumers across the EU, and the rest of the world. Unfortunately, this success is now under threat. European governments…
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 European fundamental rights. For the past year, the European Commission has been explaining that Article 13 of its copyright proposal – despite upending the liability…
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 Company, because Sinclair has failed to show any tangible way that this benefits the public interest. The combined company would be the single largest operator of local…
