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eco Alliance Calls for Master Plan on Digitalisation

Alliance Co-Spokesman Volker Ludwig: “Importance of digital infrastructures for growth and sustainability should be on the table in coalition negotiations.”

date 2021/10/14

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Global Minimum Tax Promises Stability and Planning Security for Digital Economy

eco welcomes the plans finalised by the OECD last week to introduce a global minimum tax for the world's largest corporations, which the G20 finance ministers are expected to confirm this week at their meeting in Washington.

date 2021/10/14

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Digitalisation: eco Association Formulates Top 5 Digital Policy Tasks for the next German Federal Government

For the new legislative term, the eco Association sees digital policy priorities in the areas of digital infrastructure, digital education and administration, cybersecurity and consistent data protection on the Internet. The association has formulated core demands and recommendations for action in an Internet Policy Agenda.

date 2021/10/13

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Digital Policy Must Be the Common Thread of the Coalition Agreement

Regardless of which coalition will govern Germany in the next four years, it must make a holistic, well thought-out and consistent digital policy strategy the guiding principle of its policies. eco Chair Oliver Süme is convinced that digital policy must be the common thread of the coalition agreement because digitalization is the key to tackling the biggest challenges of the coming years.

date 2021/09/27

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eco: Europe’s Digital Decade Must Move from Strategy to Action

The European Commission has defined ambitious goals for a digital Europe and, in recent months, has presented initial strategies for achieving these goals, including the Digital Markets Act, the Digital Services Act and the European Green Deal. It is now time to have these strategies and goals converted into concrete political measures.

date 2021/09/16

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ECJ Hearing: eco and SpaceNet AG Seeking to Finally Overturn German Blanket Data Retention

With the support of the eco Association, SpaceNet AG wants to finally put an end to blanket data retention. With this in mind, in 2016 the company had already filed a lawsuit against the act at the Administrative Court in Cologne.

date 2021/09/13

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Internet Policy Election Barometer: Voters Consider Jamaica Coalition to Have Greatest Digital Competence

The current eco Election Barometer sees FDP in the lead on digitalisation, The Greens and CDU/CSU on a par, ahead of SPD, and the Left Party lagging behind. The barometer shows that digital infrastructure, digital public administration and cybersecurity are viewed as the top issues for the next legislative term. eco calls for a Ministry of Digitalisation and focus on broadband roll-out and digital public administration.

date 2021/09/08

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Saxony-Anhalt: Urgent Need for New Federal Government to Improve Digital Public Administration, Education and Mobility

Following on from the regional state elections at the beginning of June, Saxony-Anhalt is on the verge of forming a new government. eco welcomes the fact that the planned tripartite alliance of CDU, SPD and FDP is focusing on digitalisation in the current draft of a coalition agreement, and that it is seeking to advance digitalisation with a ministry set up specifically for this purpose.

date 2021/08/19

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eco Association on EU Copyright Law: Companies Can Expect a Patchwork of 27 Different Regulations

Because they have not transposed the EU Copyright Directive into national law quickly enough or have done so only inadequately, the European Commission has now initiated infringement procedures against 23 member states. While Germany is not affected by this, numerous companies in Germany also have to struggle with considerable...

date 2021/07/27

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eco Association: German Constitutional Court Calls for Limits to the Use of State Trojans – Constitutional Complaint Remains a Success for Civil Rights and IT Security

With its decision on the state police law in Baden-Württemberg, announced yesterday, the Bundesverfassungsgericht, the German federal constitutional court, has set new limits to the use of so-called state Trojans and emphasised the state’s duty to protect citizens and businesses. This justification must be taken into...

date 2021/07/22

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Copyright Before the ECJ: Association of the Internet Industry Sees Last Chance to Prevent Upload Filters

With a lawsuit before the European Court of Justice (ECJ), Poland wants to overturn Article 17 of the controversial EU copyright reform.

date 2021/07/15

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Holiday Photos Online: eco Complaints Office Gives 5 Tips on What Parents Should Watch Out for

Holidays at the beach or lake and eternalising shared family experiences via photos – that’s what many people wish for at the moment. But is it really safe to share pictures of children and young people via messenger services or social media platforms? Alexandra Koch-Skiba, Head of the eco Complaints Office, reveals what parents should look out for to ensure that their holiday photos do not lead to any unpleasant surprises.

date 2021/06/23

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eco Survey Shows: Excessive State Restrictions Could Counteract Player Protection in Online Gambling

The gambling market in Germany is in a state of upheaval. Online gambling offers in particular are becoming increasingly popular. Current surveys come to the conclusion that three quarters of the German population have already participated in commercial gambling offers (online and offline).

date 2021/06/10

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eco on the Amendment to the Law on the Protection of the Constitution

The eco Association calls for transparency, clarification and control in dealing with state Trojans: "Recent developments show that one question is becoming increasingly urgent: Who monitors those doing the monitoring?" comments Klaus Landefeld, Vice-Chair of the eco Board.

date 2021/06/10

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eco Election Barometer: Dissatisfaction with Digital Policy Particularly High in Eastern German States

There is a high level of dissatisfaction amongst German citizens when it comes to the federal government’s digital policy: 73 percent of those surveyed in the current “Digital Policy Election Barometer” state that they are not satisfied with the political framework conditions and solutions in any field of digitalisation.

date 2021/06/07

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