Policy

Access To Data, Privacy, The Internet Infrastructure Industry, US Policy HostingCon, National Security Agency, NSA

i2Coalition Members Moderate, Participate in NSA Panel at HostingCon

June 19, 2013

Austin, TX – Christian Dawson, Internet Infrastructure Coalition (i2Coalition) Co-Founder and Board Chair, will be moderating a panel Wednesday at HostingCon in Austin, Texas entitled The NSA Government Surveillance & You. Dawson will be joined on the panel by i2Coalition Co-Founder and Public Policy Working Group Chair David Snead and Elliot Noss, President and CEO […]

Access To Data, Privacy, The Internet Infrastructure Industry, US Policy ECPA, Electronic Communications Privacy Act, HostingCon

i2Coalition Leads Internet Policy Discussion at HostingCon

June 18, 2013

Coalition members moderate panels on legislation and the growing importance of the Internet infrastructure industry Austin, TX — The Internet Infrastructure Coalition (i2Coalition), comprised of nearly 65 member companies representing Internet infrastructure providers and related tech firms, today moderated a series of “Issues and Trends” panels at HostingCon in Austin, Texas. The panels brought together […]

Access To Data, Privacy, The Internet Infrastructure Industry, US Policy ECPA, Electronic Communications Privacy Act

i2Coalition, Senators Cornyn and Cruz’s Offices Tour Data Foundry Data Center

June 17, 2013

Group meets with tech leaders and discusses policy issues Austin, TX – Christian Dawson, Internet Infrastructure Coalition (i2Coalition) Co-Founder and Board Chair, today joined members of Senators Cornyn and Cruz’s offices and tech leaders from across the country to tour Data Foundry’s Texas 1 data center in Austin. Texas 1 is Texas’ newest and most […]

Access To Data, Privacy, US Policy National Security Agency, NSA

Internet Infrastructure Coalition Statement on NSA Information Gathering

June 13, 2013

Washington, DC – Internet Infrastructure Coalition (i2Coalition) Co-Founder and Board Chair Christian Dawson today released the following statement on the National Security Agency’s information gathering program and efforts to declassify the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court’s order related to the program: “This country faces a delicate balance every day between security and an open Internet. Those […]

Access To Data, Privacy, The Internet Infrastructure Industry, US Policy HostingCon, National Security Agency, NSA

Internet Infrastructure Coalition to Host Issues & Trends Panels at HostingCon

June 12, 2013

Austin, TX – The Internet Infrastructure Coalition (i2Coalition) will host a series of “Issues and Trends” panels with leaders of the Internet industry during HostingCon next week in Austin, TX. The panels will focus on the necessity of maintaining a free and open Internet, the future of privacy for customers, the importance of Internet infrastructure […]

Patent Reform, US Policy

Patent Trolls Hurt Internet Freedom

June 5, 2013

When I helped found this organization one year ago, I still thought of patent issues as exclusively “big” business issues. My attempt was to create an organization to address the needs of Internet infrastructure companies, which are predominantly small to medium-sized. I didn’t figure that the i2Coalition would be picking up the mantle of patent […]

Patent Reform, US Policy

i2Coalition Statement on the White House’s Task Force on High-Tech Patent Issues

June 4, 2013

Washington, DC – i2Coalition Co-Founder and Board Chair Christian Dawson issued the following statement on the unveiling of the White House’s Task Force on High-Tech Patent Issues: “i2Coalition is encouraged by today’s announcement that the White House will ramp up its efforts to combat Patent Assertion Entities (‘patent trolls’), whose malicious attacks on our nation’s […]

Access To Data, Encryption, Privacy, US Policy ECPA, Electronic Communications Privacy Act

The Fixation on Warrantless Data Seizures Makes Prevention of Crime Harder

May 31, 2013

The Senate is debating reform of the decades old Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA). Those who oppose this reform, and other reforms designed to preserve our Fourth Amendment rights, often argue that law enforcement needs exceptions to the warrant requirement.

Patent Reform, US Policy

Patent Reform: Thank You, Senator Cornyn!

May 29, 2013

Patent reform is a top priority for the i2Coaltion. The frivolous lawsuits filed by Patent Assertion Entities (PAEs) hinder innovation and unfairly target our industry. As such, the i2Coalition proudly endorses Sen. John Cornyn’s (R-TX) Patent Abuse Reduction Act of 2013. The i2Coalition’s Public Policy Working Group carefully reviewed the bill, finding that it would […]

Internet Safety, Patent Reform, US Policy

i2Coalition Supports Senator Cornyn’s Patent Abuse Reduction Legislation

May 23, 2013

Washington, DC – Internet Infrastructure Coalition (i2Coalition) co-founder and Public Policy Working Group Chair David Snead released the following statement following Senator Cornyn’s introduction of the Patent Abuse Reduction Act of 2013: “i2Coalition applauds Senator Cornyn for taking action to stop frivolous lawsuits by Patent Assertion Entities (“patent trolls”) through the introduction of the Patent […]

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