At the end of February the technology world will be meeting up in Barcelona. More than 100,000 annual visitors and 2,000 exhibitors make MWC Barcelona the largest trade fair in Europe. The eco Association will be there on location, offering both a guided tour and a presentation.

Alexandra Koch-Skiba, Head of the eco Complaints Office, explains the value of active self-regulation for effectively combatting illegal content online. Read more on dotmagazine.

Trust in digital has become business critical, Lars Steffen, Director of eco International, says - because bad user experience does not induce customers to buy. Read more on dotmagazine.

In this issue, dotmagazine explores how industry, government, law enforcement, and civil society can work together to make the Internet bigger, better and safer for everyone.

On 16th January, the Internet industry celebrated the start of 2020 with its traditional New Year's reception in Cologne. The evening also marked the kick-off of the eco Association's 25th jubilee year.  

Blanket data retention is disproportionate and incompatible with EU law. The Association of the Internet Industry welcomes the fact that the Advocate General is upholding the judgment of the European Court of Justice (EUCJ) against general and indiscriminate blanket data retention.

Prof. Thomas Jaeschke from Datatree explains the importance of management awareness in increasing information security and data protection in companies. Read more on dotmagazine.

Jens Kroppmann, Head of the Security Operation Center within CONET, explains how an SOC can support SMEs in rapidly detecting and mitigating cyber attacks. Read more on dotmagazine.

Gordon Muehl, Global CTO Cybersecurity and Privacy Protection at HUAWEI, on protecting against industrialized cyber crime and making security technology easier to use. Read more on dotmagazine.

Thomas Rickert reports on discussions at the IGF 2019 on illegal content, DNS blocking, IoT security, and ethical rules for digitalization. Read more on dotmagazine.

Oliver J. Süme, eco Chair of the Board calls for a change of perspective in the digital policy debate: The handling of digital technologies must become more pragmatic and at the same time, more strategic. What is missing is a visionary master plan.