Today, eco celebrates women who are moving and shaking the Internet industry and making the Internet a better place to be. Alexandra Koch-Skiba Head of the eco Complaints Office "Helping get illegal and child-endangering content offline fast" Interview with Alexandra Koch-Skiba: dotmagazine.online/issues/who-rules-the-internet/who-rules-the-internet/Complaints-Office eco...

Today, eco celebrates women who are moving and shaking the Internet industry and making the Internet a better place to be. Rosa Hafezi Lawyer "Educating the emailing world on acting legally" Find out more about Rosa's activities for eco and for the Internet here: international.eco.de/2016/news/report-update-on-legal-and-technical-quality-standards-for-email-marketing.html The...

Today, eco celebrates women who are moving and shaking the Internet industry and making the Internet a better place to be. Cornelia Schildt Project Manager IT Security "Helping to make the Internet a safer and more secure place" Find out more about Cornelia's activities for eco and for the Internet here: Interview...

Today, eco celebrates women who are moving and shaking the Internet industry and making the Internet a better place to be. Kira Pleschka Content Analyst "Raising awareness and supporting members in the field of youth media protection" Find out more about Kira's activities for eco and for the Internet here: eco...

Today, eco celebrates women who are moving and shaking the Internet industry and making the Internet a better place to be. Julia Janßen-Holldiek Manager Business Development & ISP Relations “Helping to clean up spam and illegal mass mailing” Find out more about Julia's activities for eco and for the Internet...

Speakers sought for four focus topics Conference, exhibition and networking on today’s and tomorrow’s security trends on 28-29 September 2017 German-language conference, but English-language papers also accepted From 28 to 29 September 2017 eco – Association of the Internet Industry and heise Medien invite...

“Who rules the Internet?”: The latest issue of eco's English-language e-magazine, dotmagazine, is now online. In the March issue, we look into the mechanisms of global governance and self-regulation that are helping to keep cyberspace healthy, and we offer insight into the Domain Name System – how the telephone book...

Findings for 2016: 78% of the justified complaints worldwide were removed from the Internet Between freedom of expression and criminal law in times of hate speech & co Combating illegal content is a task for the whole of society The eco Complaints Office has for the first time published an Annual...

Taking long-standing collaboration to the next level During the 57th General Assembly of CENTR, the association of European country code top-level domain name registries, eco was approved as a member with observer status. Before the election, Thomas Rickert, eco Director Names and Numbers, and Lars Steffen discussed...

EU ancillary copyright law could slow down innovation in digitalization Missed target: The Commission’s proposal is one-sided and unbalanced The draft law is not compatible with European fundamental rights European ancillary copyright is no longer up to date, given recent rapid technological developments....

34 percent of SMEs have heard of the blockchain A third of those responsible expect fundamental changes within 10 years The blockchain will fundamentally change the German economy within the next 10 years. This is what 32 percent of managers in German SMEs believe, according to a current YouGov survey. Just 34 percent...

Universal Acceptance Steering Group Background Universal Acceptance is a foundational requirement for a truly multilingual Internet, one in which users around the world can navigate entirely in local languages. It is also the key to unlocking the potential of new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) to foster competition,...

Universal Acceptance Steering Group Background Universal Acceptance is a foundational requirement for a truly multilingual Internet, one in which users around the world can navigate entirely in local languages. It is also the key to unlocking the potential of new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) to foster competition,...

Universal Acceptance Steering Group Background Universal Acceptance is a foundational requirement for a truly multilingual Internet, one in which users around the world can navigate entirely in local languages. It is also the key to unlocking the potential of new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) to foster competition,...

Universal Acceptance Steering Group Background Universal Acceptance is a foundational requirement for a truly multilingual Internet, one in which users around the world can navigate entirely in local languages. It is also the key to unlocking the potential of new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) to foster competition,...

Universal Acceptance Steering Group Background Universal Acceptance is a foundational requirement for a truly multilingual Internet, one in which users around the world can navigate entirely in local languages. It is also the key to unlocking the potential of new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) to foster competition,...

Universal Acceptance Steering Group Background Universal Acceptance is a foundational requirement for a truly multilingual Internet, one in which users around the world can navigate entirely in local languages. It is also the key to unlocking the potential of new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) to foster competition,...

Recipient responses feed into spam evaluation in real time, according to the Certified Senders Alliance (CSA) The reputation of the sender and the relevance of the content are of importance Spam filters increasingly check incoming emails more restrictively by means of reported reactions of recipients. “Once the...

In an overarching statement, German associations demand a 10-point approach to technology and infrastructure neutrality Ten years ago, TV consumption predominantly took place in front of the television – whereas today, consumer behavior has profoundly changed in light of modern technologies. The present-day TV consumer...

Interconnected production systems require new IT-security concepts for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) Internet of Things (IoT) offers new possibilities for security service providers and insurance companies IoT-interconnected production facilities independently control the production process and react in...

Strong two-factor authentication as the basis for trustworthy identities Username and password alone are no longer sufficient Secure identities essential for objects like cars and organizations in IoT In the high-tech world we live in today, secure digital identities are essential. Users want to be reliably identified...

The new monthly eco e-magazine, dotmagazine, has just been launched. Issue 1 is available now at dotmagazine.online! For our first issue, we’ve taken an topic that’s been important to us since the early days of the Internet – and will continue to be into the future: Security. Our focus ranges from securing Internet...

eco Association calls for more effort from operators and software developers A large number of websites und Internet clients – such as email servers, email clients, routers, and Internet services – are still not supporting all domain names. Often, they can only process domain endings of up to three characters – and...

2017 is election year in Germany; but despite this, the federal government should still continue to push for concrete objectives in Internet policy in the coming months, and not simply get into campaign mode. This was stressed by Michael Rotert, eco Chairman of the Board, at the eco New Year’s reception in Berlin yesterday. Rotert...

With 1,000 member companies, eco is the largest Internet industry association in Europe – known and active well beyond its home borders of Germany. Chairman of the Board Professor Michael Rotert talks about where and how eco is active. Prof. Rotert, how does eco weigh up in the European and international environment? With...

Companies will be able to attract new talent and make space for HR core competencies in 2017, with digital processes, cloud solutions, and automation. HR analytics make HR managers transparent partners for senior management IT security and data protection are prerequisites for Work 4.0 Human Resources will benefit...

The five most important digital policy developments in 2016 Fake news, hate speech, social bots, cyber attacks, and yet again Big Data – these are only a few of the key words that shaped the public awareness of network policy debates in 2016. But what was actually achieved in 2016 in Internet and digital policy? eco...

Judith Ellis, International Member Services at eco and heading the editorial team of dotmagazine , which will be launched in February 2017, explains why eco has started this new member-driven format and why it is different to other publications. Judith, why has eco decided to launch its own international magazine? dotmagazine...

By Ram Mohan, Chair of the Universal Acceptance Steering Group With the start of the new year, I’m reminded of the important progress we’ve made as the Universal Acceptance Steering Group (UASG). Over the past 12 months, our community-led team of industry leaders has advanced the effort to prepare the online community...

Quick interview: Stephan Zimprich, Director Blockchain With the newly-founded eco Competence Group Blockchain, the association is focussing on an important technology. The group is led by the lawyer Stephan Zimprich. We spoke to him in a short interview about the importance of the topic, the plans of the association, and...