Category: Consumer Issues

• Why Intel Filed an Amicus Brief in Support of the FTC’s Complaint Against Qualcomm Intel has long been one of the world’s leading technology innovators. Over the past decade, Intel has invested billions in developing next-generation technologies that will improve the performance and functionality of modern smartphones and cellular communications. Intel is ready, willing, and able to compete on the merits in this market that Qualcomm has dominated for years. But Qualcomm has maintained...
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• Intel welcomes new EU responsible sourcing scheme Earlier today in Strasbourg, after nearly three years, EU negotiators reached final agreement on a new Regulation setting up a Union system of responsible sourcing of tin, tungsten, tantalum and gold (3TG). Intel supports the establishment of an EU that breaks the link between the sourcing of minerals and armed conflict, and that is set up at the right point...
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• Precision Medicine Is the Next Global Space Race. Will the US Lead? By: Alice B. Borrelli, Global Director for Healthcare Policy, Intel Kathleen Lynch, Senior Director, Global Government Affairs & Public Policy, Illumina DNA sequencing is advancing faster than nearly any other technology in history—and it’s setting off the next global space race. Nations that come out on top in precision medicine will be the ones to lead the world in curing...
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• Intel Commits to Helping Internet Users “Lock Down Your Login” By Paula Bruening, Senior Counsel for Global Privacy Policy   As we begin National Cyber Security Awareness Month, Intel is pleased to announce its commitment to the National Cyber Security Alliance’s “Lock Down Your Login” Internet safety and security initiative.  The campaign, which was first announced by the White House in February, calls for all Americans to move beyond traditional...
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• FAA Takes Important Step For Commercial Drone Use By Lisa Malloy, director of Government Affairs for Intel Yesterday, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) released the first operational rules for routine commercial use of small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), referred to as Part 107. This latest development by the FAA demonstrates its ongoing commitment to help U.S. businesses across the economy realize the enormous potential of UAS operations. Intel...
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• US Senate Judiciary Committee Holds Hearings on the FCC’s Proposed Privacy Rules By John Kincaide, Privacy and Security Policy Attorney at Intel On May 11, 2016 the US Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law held a hearing on “Examining the Proposed FCC Privacy Rules”. The objective of the hearing was to discuss the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for Internet Service Providers (ISPs) proposed privacy...
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• Fostering the Internet of Things to Advance U.S. Leadership By Marjorie Dickman, Global Director and Managing Counsel, IoT Policy Intel commends the Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) for launching a request for comment today on “The Benefits, Challenges, and Potential Roles for the Government in Fostering the Advancement of the Internet of Things.”  As the world undergoes the dramatic transformation from isolated systems to Internet-enabled devices that...
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• Chris Hoofnagle’s Federal Trade Commission Law and Policy Offers Exceptional Insights into the FTC By John Kincaide, Privacy and Security Policy Attorney at Intel The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is a US agency whose strategic goals include protecting consumers from fraud, deception and unfair business practices, and maintaining competition by focusing on anticompetitive mergers and other anticompetitive business practices. The FTC has broad policy and regulatory power over issues directly affecting the US economy...
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• Advancing a National Plan for the Internet of Things By Marjorie Dickman, Global Director & Managing Counsel, IoT Policy at Intel Corporation Tomorrow, Senators Fischer, Ayotte, Booker and Schatz are expected to introduce an Internet of Things (IoT) bill entitled Developing Innovation and Growing the Internet of Things Act (DIGIT Act).  The IoT is creating transformational opportunities with the potential to significantly impact the marketplace across numerous sectors from...
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• The Drone Economy: Building the Next Great Computing Platform by Peter Cleveland, Vice President of Global Public Policy at Intel Corporation Tomorrow, Josh Walden, Senior Vice President and General Manager of the New Technology Group at Intel, will testify before the House Energy & Commerce Committee on the evolving uses and economic impact of drones (i.e. UAVs). Intel is particularly invested in the future of the drone industry because...
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