Last week U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) introduced the Open App Markets Act.
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U.S. Senator Gillibrand (D-NY) issued a press release announcing the Data Protection Act of 2021, which would create the DPA, an independent federal agency whose goal is to protect Americans’ data, instill privacy safeguards and work to ensure that there is transparency in data sharing practices.
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The U.S. House Antitrust Subcommittee Chairman Cicilline (D-RI) issued a statement shortly after the Committee marked up and approved the Committee’s report which after a 16 month investigation examined the state of competition within the digital economy.
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A coalition of technology stakeholder associations that include the Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA), along with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Internet Association, are suing Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot (D), over the state’s recent enactment of the state’s online advertising tax; a first in the nation law. We previously wrote a blog post on this tax.
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The North Dakota senate voted 36-11 in opposition of advancing a bill that would have required app stores to enable software developers to use their own payment processing software, thus avoiding fees issued by both Google and Apple. This is the first bill of its kind in that this proposed legislation sought to address these tech giants and the fees they charge, which include in-app purchases of digital items.
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Proposition 22’s passage in California on November 3, 2020 will have a major impact on the future of the gig economy not just in California but potentially the rest of the country.
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