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Adapting Data Center Design to Diverse National Requirements
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NetzDG 2020 Reloaded: Association of the Internet Industry urges political debate on how to deal with illegal content on the Internet

eco publishes guidelines on the current reform of the German Network Enforcement Act: The Association of the Internet Industry supports the containment of hate, incitement and right-wing extremism as well as the fight against illegal content on the internet. The controversial law continues to cause fierce debate due to an obligation to surrender passwords as well as a duty to disclosure inventory and usage data by telemedia service providers.
date 2020/05/28
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eco Study Shows: Corona Crisis Also Impacts the Internet Industry in Germany – Despite Short-Term Shocks, Long-Term Positive Effects Predominate 1
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eco Study Shows: Corona Crisis Also Impacts the Internet Industry in Germany – Despite Short-Term Shocks, Long-Term Positive Effects Predominate

The lock down measures implemented in reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic are leading to negative consequences for all economic sectors. This will also slow the previous growth of the Internet industry in Germany. However, these negative effects are expected to be fully compensated for by the end of 2022. The prerequisite for this, however, is that the economy must be ramped up again as far as possible in 2020. This is the conclusion reached by eco – Association of the Internet Industry and the management consultancy Arthur D. Little in preliminary extracts of the study “The Internet Industry 2020 – 2025”, which presents current industry trends and growth forecasts every five years.
date 2020/05/05
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Data Protection in Software Development
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Association of the Internet Industry: GDPR Must Overcome Bureaucratic Hurdles To Become a Gamechanger

eco formulates 5 points for the revision of the GDPR: Since May 2018, the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has regulated how public authorities, companies, associations, organizations or, for example, hospitals may handle citizens' data.  Now the first official evaluation of the much-discussed regulation is due.  eco – Association of the Internet still sees too many unresolved legal questions and practical problems that arise during implementation.
date 2020/05/05
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GAIA-X: Growing a Vibrant European Ecosystem by Creating a Federated Data Infrastructure
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Corona Pandemic: Digital Infrastructure Particularly Important for the Economy and Society in Times of Crisis

Beyond, of course, the health consequences and the impact on public life, the worldwide spread of COVID-19 means that many people are now staying put at home. This also has an impact on Internet use: With 9.1 Terabit data per second, the Frankfurt Internet exchange DE-CIX set a new world record on 10 March. This shows that functioning digital infrastructures are indispensable for a functioning economic structure and social life and are needed more urgently than ever in Europe.
date 2020/03/13
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Policy & Law

Environmental Digital Agenda: Digital Industry as Part of the Solution for Achieving Climate Targets

Today, the German Federal Environment Minister Svenja Schulze presented Germany’s Environmental Digital Agenda. On this topic, Dr. Béla Waldhauser – Spokesperson of the Alliance for the Strengthening of Digital Infrastructures in Germany, which was founded two years ago under the umbrella of eco – had the following to say: “Digitalization and digital enterprises form part of the solution to achieving climate goals.”
date 2020/03/02
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eco Association on European AI and Data Strategies: AI & Data Policy As Two Sides of the Same Coin

The EU Commission has scheduled two groundbreaking digital policy papers to be launched on 19th February: the AI White Paper and the Data Strategy. In the opinion of eco – Association of the Internet Industry, this combination makes good sense: “A clear AI policy and a clear data policy are two sides of the same coin,” says eco Chair of the Board Oliver J. Süme.
date 2020/02/17
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eco Review 2019: We Must Harness the Enormous Potential of the Digital Revolution 2
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eco Review 2019: We Must Harness the Enormous Potential of the Digital Revolution

In order for successful digital transformation and adaptation of important key technologies such as AI to take place, the Internet industry needs political backing. In 2019, the eco Association actively participated in numerous digital policy debates at German national and European level on topics such as AI, 5G, copyright law, blanket data retention, and the importance of digital infrastructures.
date 2020/01/06
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