Policy Issues

The Alliance global teams work with member companies and policy makers to better understand industry and technological changes and to create an environment that promotes and rewards innovation.

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Cross-Border Data

The global digital market is fueled by data and the secure, and unencumbered flow of data across borders is essential to innovation and economic growth.

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Digital Platform Competition

Healthy companies that invest and innovate are integral to a successful developer ecosystem.


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Privacy Regulation

Europe’s digital framework needs to acknowledge that data is what drives developer-driven innovation.


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U.S. H1-B Visa Program

America’s leadership in the global digital economy relies on a fair, smart H1-B program to bring highly skilled developers to work for U.S. companies.


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Updates

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50,000 Privacy Wonks (and Margaret Atwood)
50,000 Privacy Wonks (and Margaret Atwood)

The Alliance attended the 2019 International Association of Privacy Professionals Summit in DC. The verdict? Privacy is now part of the business mainstream and change is coming to your business.

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The Future Is Private, And We Couldn’t Agree More
The Future Is Private, And We Couldn’t Agree More

Preserving user trust is key to continuing the technological and societal leaps of recent history.

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“Do Not Sell My Personal Information” (I’m from California)
“Do Not Sell My Personal Information” (I’m from California)

Two choices: add (and honor) this link on every page and every screen of every app and service, or find a new business model ASAFP!

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The EU Has The AI Race All Wrong: They’re Winning!
The EU Has The AI Race All Wrong: They’re Winning!

Europe’s greatest AI potential isn’t in ethics regulation. Europe should become the world’s pre-eminent training ground for the machines China and the US are racing to build.

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Can the EU and US Cooperate on Digital Rules?
Can the EU and US Cooperate on Digital Rules?

The EU is racing ahead on privacy, AI, and competition rules for digital players. Developers in the EU and US will be the first to fall if the two sides go it alone.

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Survey: 75% Of Developers Believe Java Licensing Fees Would Disrupt Progress
Survey: 75% Of Developers Believe Java Licensing Fees Would Disrupt Progress

89% of developers agree that Java would not be as commonly used today if it had not been free for re-use from the start.

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Press

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Survey of Software Developers Underscores Importance of Supreme Court Review of Oracle v Google Case

Survey Finds 91% of Developers Concerned Current Ruling Will Result in New and Higher Costs, Some Companies Going Out of Business.

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The Specter of Fragmentation is Back

Google’s compliance with the European Commission’s decision on the Android antitrust case risks increasing market fragmentation and costs for developers and consumers.

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The End of the App Economy Golden Age

The Developers Alliance is disappointed at the European Commission’s decision in its Android investigation. Today’s decision will inevitably lead to changes to Android’s free, open source model which, in time, will harm the Android ecosystem, rather than help it grow.

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Proposed ePrivacy Regulation to affect all European industries and cost more than €500 billion in reduced annual turnover

A report commissioned by the Developers Alliance and produced by London Economics shows that the proposed ePrivacy Regulation being discussed in Brussels is potentially costly, definitely confusing, and likely to reduce innovation and investment across the EU. The total costs could soar as high as €551.9 billion annually in reduced turnover, with an impact far beyond the technology sector. 

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