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Alliance Research in the NYT: The Next Privacy Battle in Europe Is Over This New Law

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Developers See the Need for Best Practices in Data Sharing & Security

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5 Steps for Developers to Take on Data Privacy

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Economic Impacts of the Proposed European ePrivacy Regulation

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Guest Post: The GDPR deadline is coming fast! Is your back end ready?

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With Great Data Comes Great Responsibility

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Don't Read This, Just Trust Me

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Oct 10, 2018

Developers are Battling for User Privacy. All They Need Is Some Help

Oct 10, 2018

Announcing the Developers Trust Alliance

Oct 10, 2018

Aug 13, 2018

I miss Android already

Aug 13, 2018

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.

Cross-border Data<a>➜</a><strong>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.</strong>

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.

Digital Platform Competition<a>➜</a><strong>The digital marketplace has never been more competitive & policymakers should celebrate this unprecedented growth across platforms & markets.</strong>

Digital Platform Competition➜The digital marketplace has never been more competitive & policymakers should celebrate this unprecedented growth across platforms & markets.

ePrivacy Regulation<a>➜</a><strong>Europe’s digital framework needs to acknowledge that data is what drives developer-driven innovation.</strong>

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

U.S. H1-B Visa Program<a>➜</a><strong>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.</strong>

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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News & Events

Press Releases

Jul 18, 2018

The End of the App Economy Golden Age

Jul 18, 2018

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.

Jul 18, 2018

May 7, 2018

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

May 7, 2018

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.

May 7, 2018

Apr 26, 2018

Joined up thinking on emergency apps: your fridge can talk to your phone, so why can’t emergency services apps communicate? EENA to the rescue

Apr 26, 2018

There are hundreds of emergency services applications in use across Europe, but they can currently only be used locally. In 2018, this should be a cause for alarm, so public safety organisation, EENA, together with Beta 80, Deveryware and the Developers Alliance, is going to do something about it.

Apr 26, 2018