Computer & Communications Industry Association

Exciting Update for our panel tomorrow - We will be joined by Mike French in our discussion of satellite spectrum. Isaiah Wonnenberg and Madeleine Chang are looking forward to the discussion! Register here: https://lnkd.in/e6weqBZu #spectrum #space #policy

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Join us in discussing the future of satellite spectrum on Wednesday, March 5th at 12 pm ET. The panel will discuss the collaboration needed between industry, policymakers, and other stakeholders to navigate challenges and fully unlock the benefits of low-earth orbit (LEO) satellite broadband. Panelist: Mike French, Space Policy Group Founder & Boston Consulting Group Senior Advisor Madeleine Chang, Director of Policy, Satellite Industry Association Isaiah Wonnenberg, Vice President, Regulatory Affairs, Commercial Space Federation Karina Perez Molina Perez, Director, Space and Spectrum Policy Center, CCIA Event RSVP/URL Info: https://lnkd.in/ehES9_zy

Maryland’s HB 823, mandating that developers of generative artificial intelligence systems publish documentation, lacks clarity around definitions including what constitutes training. The legislation also departs from emerging U.S. and global transparency standards by not allowing for trade secret exemptions. CCIA suggests permitting developers to omit disclosures that could cause a loss of trade secret status or that could harm the security or integrity of the system. Read CCIA’s comments on HB 823:?https://lnkd.in/eeAatp2W

Digital Services Tax (DST): This practice of global trading partners seeking to target the revenues of American digital services companies for double taxation can not only reduce export revenues and income for U.S. businesses and their shareholders, but also shrinks the U.S. tax base, and stifles U.S. technology innovation. Read more on DSTs here: https://lnkd.in/ePnvvU9v CCIA recently published a study showing that global adoption of a 3% DST would cost U.S. businesses an estimated $23 billion annually, which would not only reduce export revenues and income for U.S. businesses and their shareholders, threatening up to 31,000 full-time equivalent U.S. jobs, but would also reduce U.S. federal tax revenues by up to $5 billion per year. Report: https://lnkd.in/euRbmGUB

We are delighted to announce that for a second year in a row, CCIA’s Vice President of Global Competition and Regulatory Policy, Krisztian Katona is among the five shortlisted nominees for the Global Competition Review’s Corporate Counsel of the Year Award. The awards honor the world’s leading antitrust lawyers, economists, and enforcers as well as the biggest cases from 2024. In 2016 and 2020, GCR named Krisztian one of the top 40 competition lawyers under the age of 40 worldwide. Voting for the shortlisted nominees is open through February 10. We encourage you to vote for Krisztian Katona here: https://lnkd.in/edr5r8xB The winners will be announced on April 1, 2025, in Washington, D.C.

As the new administration indicates intent to push back on foreign taxes discriminating against U.S. businesses, a new study from the Computer & Communications Industry Association Research Center finds that global adoption of digital services taxes by foreign jurisdictions could cost U.S. businesses $23 billion and threaten up to 31,000 jobs, reducing U.S. federal tax receipts by up to $5 billion. For context, that's enough tax revenue to pay the average annual salary of nearly 50,000 federal civilian employees--more than work domestically at the U.S. Departments of Commerce, State, Labor, Energy, Housing and Urban Development, or Education. In recent years, over a dozen countries have imposed digital services taxes targeting U.S. companies and dozens more are considering such taxes. Such policies discriminate against U.S. firms and place them at a disadvantage relative to foreign competitors. In order to estimate the risk of policy contagion, this study analyzes a scenario in which digital service taxes become the global norm among foreign jurisdictions. https://lnkd.in/eazeREXG

On January 14th, CCIA’s Policy Counsel Jesse Lieberfeld testified before the California Privacy Protection Agency to address concerns about the new proposed regulations under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). Unlike other state privacy laws, which limit profiling regulations to significant decisions like credit approval, housing, and employment, the CCPA imposes broader opt-out rights and risk assessment requirements, even for use of data that is already public. These requirements create operational challenges, particularly for small businesses and startups, while imposing compliance burdens that do little to enhance consumer privacy protections.

On January 14th, CCIA’s Policy Counsel Jesse Lieberfeld testified before the California Privacy Protection Agency to address concerns about the new proposed regulations under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). Unlike other state privacy laws, which limit profiling regulations to significant decisions like credit approval, housing, and employment, the CCPA imposes broader opt-out rights and risk assessment requirements, even for use of data that is already public. These requirements create operational challenges, particularly for small businesses and startups, while imposing compliance burdens that do little to enhance consumer privacy protections.

Reducing #Payment #Fraud in the EU ?? Why the #PSR Needs to Strike the Right Balance. ?? CCIA Europe's Boniface de Champris: "Shared fraud #liability under the Payment Services Regulation would undermine cooperation between #banks, #telecoms, and online #platforms. ?? Indeed, studies highlight the dangers of this approach." ?? https://lnkd.in/eVpkWp9X #CCIAeurope #PaymentServicesRegulation #FinTech #PSD2 #PaymentServices #APPfraud #AuthorisedPushPayment #digitalEU #EUdigital