i2Coalition articles and news updates regarding changes to United States Internet or technology polices.
Access To Data, Privacy, The Internet Infrastructure Industry, US Policy
HostingCon, National Security Agency, NSA
Christian Dawson, Internet Infrastructure Coalition (i2Coalition) Co-Founder and Board Chair, today moderated a panel at HostingCon in Austin, Texas entitled The NSA Government Surveillance & You.
Access To Data, Privacy, The Internet Infrastructure Industry, US Policy
HostingCon, National Security Agency, NSA
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
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
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
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
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 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 […]
