Press Releases

BRUSSELS – December 13, 2022 – BSA | The Software Alliance welcomes the European Commission’s draft US adequacy determination, announced Tuesday in Brussels, calling it an important step forward for implementing a pending transatlantic data privacy framework.  Read more

WASHINGTON – December 13, 2022 – The Global Data Alliance (GDA) applauds the European Commission’s draft US adequacy determination, announced today in Brussels, which will help support the new EU-US Data Privacy Framework. The preliminary adequacy determination is an important step forward in joint EU and US efforts to strengthen transatlantic data privacy and security, while also promoting transatlantic cross-border data transfers and commerce. Read more

WASHINGTON – BSA | The Software Alliance on Tuesday released its “Global Sustainability Principles” document outlining how the enterprise software industry is working on sustainability and helping individuals, communities, and organizations to do the same.   Read more

The Council of the EU today reached a political agreement on its general approach to the EU AI Act, paving the way toward trilogue negotiations. Matteo Quattrocchi, Director of Policy at BSA | The Software Alliance, offered the following statement. Read more