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Brussels, BELGIUM -- The European Commission today released its proposal for a Regulation “concerning the respect for private life and the protection of personal data in electronic communications”...

Washington -- Members of Congress are attempting again to get email privacy legislation across the finish line this Congress. Rep. Jared Polis (D-Colo.) and Kevin Yoder (R-Kan.) are introducing the Em...

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 repo...

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 am...

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 infring...

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: “La...

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 loca...

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...

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 Commiss...

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 po...

Brussels, BELGIUM -- Today 20 industry groups sent an open letter to the European Commission Vice President Ansip and Commissioner Oettinger calling on an ambitious EU Regulation to "future-proof" th...

Washington - In a closely watched case about online service providers’ responsibility for users who infringe copyright, two tech trade associations defended the Internet service provider, Cox, in a ...