Law & Regulation

Telecommuncations Act Amendment in the Bundesrat: “Declaration of bankruptcy for civil rights”

With today’s approval of the Telecommunications Modernisation Act, the German Federal Council (Bundesrat) has once again adopted data retention - and the German legislator is once again breaking EU law.

date 2021/05/07

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Amendment to the German Act for the Protection of the Constitution: eco Warns Against Use of State Trojans

The eco Association is highly critical of the fact that the German coalition is apparently ignoring all warnings about the consequences of source telecommunication surveillance and the use of so-called “State Trojans”, and calls for a hearing with digital experts in the Bundestag.

date 2021/05/05

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“German Ministry for Digitalisation Long Overdue” – eco Association Welcomes Public Administration Discussion Paper

The eco Association welcomes a recognition from public administration digital experts of the importance of a Ministry for Digitalisation. Alongside a new level of organisation at government level, eco also calls for the establishment of a digital steering committee in the German Bundestag.

date 2021/05/04

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eco Election Barometer: More than 70% of all German citizens dissatisfied with the federal government’s digital policy

When it comes to digital policy, German voters give the federal government a poor rating, and are calling for digital issues to be accorded greater political priority in the coming legislative term. eco formulates an Internet Policy Agenda for the Bundestag elections with 20 core demands from the Internet industry for a modern digital policy.

date 2021/04/29

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Law & Regulation

Telecommunications Act Reform

eco is sceptical of consumer benefits for right to fast Internet and warns against extending data retention

date 2021/04/23

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Law & Regulation

EU AI Package Paves the Way for Innovation and Billions in Economic Growth

The European Commission today presented its proposal on the regulation of AI technologies. eco – Association of the Internet Industry welcomes the fact that Brussels is refraining from a blanket overregulation of artificial intelligence and is instead focusing on AI regulation for high-risk applications.

date 2021/04/21

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Majority of Germans Seeking Greater Use of Digital Tools to Combat the Covid-19 Pandemic

For more than a year now, digital technologies and applications have been supporting the economy and society in times of the Corona crisis and have gained great acceptance among the population, according to the results of a representative survey commissioned by eco - Association of the Internet Industry, undertaken in April by the marketing and opinion research institute Civey.

date 2021/04/14

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Together for the Good of the Internet: eco Complaints Office...

For 25 years, the Complaints Office of eco – Association of the Internet Industry has been successfully combatting illegal content on the Internet. The 2020 report presented online today shows that the independent hotline is making a significant contribution to the take-down and criminal investigation of illegal content: With a total of 5,523 cases, the number of justified complaints displaying a clear violation of the law was higher in 2020 than ever before.

date 2021/04/13

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Datacenter

Data centres as Gamechangers for Urban Energy Supply: City of Frankfurt am Main Could Cover Most of its Heating Needs by 2030 with Waste Heat

With advancing digitalisation, the global demand for computing power is increasing, and with it the energy requirements for data centres. But the strong data centre infrastructure also means an opportunity for future energy concepts, especially in conurbations like Frankfurt am Main.

date 2021/04/09

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Domains

DNS over HTTPS: Spanish Version of eco Discussion Paper...

 DoH improves the privacy and security of users eco Discussion Paper on DoH explains complexities and provides recommendations Paper – first published in September 2020 – now available in Spanish Throughout the history of the Internet, traditional DNS traffic – for example, when a user types a website name...

date 2021/04/08

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Networks

Study: 100 Top Decision-Makers Attest to Cologne’s Digital Resilience in the Area of Mobile Working

A study published this month by the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology shows that digital resilience in Cologne is high, but varies greatly across sectors. Supply chains, for example, are described by 82 percent of decision-makers as being efficient even in the pandemic.

date 2021/03/29

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Law & Regulation

Identification Obligation for Messengers: eco Warns of Backdoors in the Legislative Process

In the amendment of the German Telecommunications Act (TKG), the Federal Ministry of the Interior (BMI) is calling for last-minute modifications, with these set to have far-reaching consequences for all Internet users. In eco’s view, such a regulation would lead to a further undermining of the trustworthiness and integrity of communication on the Internet.

date 2021/03/22

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Security

eco on the IT Security Act 2.0

“Politicians must pull the ripcord in order not to gamble away trust in digital communication,” says eco’s Vice-Chair Klaus Landefeld.

date 2021/02/26

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Law & Regulation

eco Association on the German BND Act: State Hacking Would Endanger IT Security

The current draft of the BND Act by the German Federal Chancellery is set to give the German Federal Intelligence Service permission to access inventory, traffic and content data without the knowledge of the operator in question. The eco Association warns of the consequences of such a regulation for general IT security and judges the draft as being unconstitutional.

date 2021/02/22

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Inventory Data Disclosure: eco Association Warns Against Uncontrolled Data and Password Disclosure

The eco Association criticises procedure and warns against hasty decision in the Bundesrat – Password disclosure means profound invasion of privacy

date 2021/02/11

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