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SIIA op-ed: Software industry should develop mobile app privacy guidelines, not Congress

October 17, 2011 By

Today, NextGov ran an SIIA op-ed highlighting our view that industry — not Congress — is best positioned to develop effective practices that ensure consumer confidence.

SIIA recently joined an application privacy working group through the Future of Privacy Forum, a Washington think tank. With this group, we are bringing forth the expertise of our member companies to develop voluntary guidelines that will spread best practices to all participants in the industry. In addition, the FPF project website, supported by SIIA and others, makes available a variety of tools to help app developers manage issues of data collection and use.

Mark MacCarthy, Vice President, Public Policy at SIIA, directs SIIA’s public policy initiatives in the areas of intellectual property enforcement, information privacy, cybersecurity, cloud computing and the promotion of educational technology.

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Top 10 predictions for 2011 from futurist Mark Anderson

January 19, 2011 By

Mark Anderson, noted technology visionary and futurist, gives his top ten predictions for 2011. Anderson will be speaking at SIIA’s Information Industry Summit next week in New York. He will also be chairing the ninth annual Future in Review (FiRe) conference, May 24-27 at the Montage Laguna Beach, CA.

  1. The Smartphone Market Breaks in Two: Secure / enterprise, vs. consumer / entertainment. a) Android dominates – and balkanizes – the consumer Smartphone Market, with Apple close behind offering its Monolithic Operations. b) RIM and XX dominate the Enterprise. XX should be Microsoft, but Apple gets it.
  2. Carriers Grab Power: Google has interrupted a transition of power from Pipes to Boxes. Android gives carriers power, while the iOS takes it away. Whose walled garden do you prefer? Pray for Apple, if you are a user.
  3. iTunes Seeds Its Own Competition: More real distribution competitors grow and prosper. Consumers want choice. This is a major business opportunity, on a global scale. [Read more...]
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