BSA in the News

CNBC TV18, February 26, 2020. The Software Alliance, also known as BSA, a trade group which includes tech giants such as Microsoft, IBM and Adobe, among others said that the current version of the privacy bill poses substantial challenges, including the sweeping new powers for the government to acquire non-personal data, restrictions on data transfers, and local storage requirements. Read more

Euractiv, February 26, 2020. Thomas Boué, director-general for Europe Policy at BSA is quoted in Euractiv’s article on the EU-UK adequacy agreement on post-Brexit data transfers and the possible obstacles an agreement could come against. Read more

Nextgov, February 20, 2020. The European Union released a white paper Wednesday outlining principles for regulating artificial intelligence, similar in nature to a set of principles issued by the US government in January. Analysts called the EU white paper a good start for developing a risk-based approach to regulating artificial intelligence. Read more

Axios, February 20, 2020. Trade groups including BSA released statements praising the goals of the European Commission's position papers on digital data and artificial intelligence. Read more