The annual Certified Senders Alliance (CSA) Summit is unique in Europe as an opportunity to meet international experts for both legal and technical topics regarding the e-mail sector. What the topics will be for this year’s summit, and what’s in store for first-time visitors is revealed by Julia Janßen-Holldiek, Manager...

36 companies sign international commitment for serious mass mailings Best practices for authentic senders and forgery-proof e-mails Recipients get, as a result, serious e-mails that they are more likely to open 36 companies involved in professional e-mail marketing have committed themselves to high standards in...

“Powering and Greening IT”: The latest issue of eco's English-language e-magazine, dotmagazine, is now online. How compatible and complementary are the needs to ensure a stable supply to meet IT’s ever growing demand for energy and to find a sustainable and environmentally-friendly approach to energy usage? The April...

Law encourages indiscriminate culture of deletion in the Internet Rather fast than thorough: notification before the end of the consultation period Sufficient legal regulation, enforcement must remain with the state The draft legislation presented by the German Federal Justice Minister for the so-called “Netzwerkdurchsetzungsgesetz”...

eco - Association of the Internet Industry e.V. - Europe’s largest Association serving the interests of the Internet Industry, with more than 1,000 members from more than 60 countries - and the Internet Infrastructure Coalition (i2Coalition), a rapidly growing association with 100+ of the largest and most influential...

A complete eco Team is at the WHD.global from 25 to 31 March in Europa-Park, in Rust. One of the team is Roland Broch, Head of Member Development, who has visited the event regularly since 2009. In this interview, he explains how the WorldHostingDays have changed, what highlights are in store for visitors this year, and...

ICANN continues work after the IANA transition With precisely 2,086 participants, the 58th ICANN meeting took place in Copenhagen last week. Now, around six months ago, the IANA transition was completed. However, ICANN have not yet been able to return to “business as usual”, but there was again more room for other...

27 March 2017 – Hotel El Andaluz, 10:00 PM The day is just not long enough! One of the most popular features at WHD.global has become the nightTALKs. Where Your Next Billion Customers Will Come From There’s one roadblock that keeps the next billion cloud and hosting companies from beating down your door – and...

• Banking Trojans are still installed on thousands of computers in Germany • Many users ignore warnings of their Internet providers • Numerous Android smartphones are still affected Many PCs and smartphones in Germany are still infected with malicious software which was distributed through the Avalanche botnet....

Corporate culture is fundamental for a holistic IT security approach In so-called “CEO fraud” cyber criminals exploit the helpfulness, curiosity, and anxiety of their victims In terms of IT security, many medium-sized enterprises still rely too heavily on purely technical solutions. In particular, the human factor...

Today, eco celebrates women who are moving and shaking the Internet industry and making the Internet a better place to be. Dr. Katharina Küchler Lawyer, Expert in Data Protection "Protecting privacy and supporting companies to act legally." Find out more about Dr. Küchler's activities for eco and for the Internet...

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...