Policy & Law

eco: Criticism of European Copyright Directive Continues Unabated

The new copyright law remains controversial. The EU Member States Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Finland, and Sweden voted against the reform. Belgium, Estonia, and Slovenia abstained. In the end, Germany's approval was the decisive tip on the scales for the necessary majority.

date 2019/09/10

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eco Association: Rectify the Wi-Fi Act to Enable Germany to Catch Up Internationally

eco participates in consultation on the 3rd Amendment of the German Telemedia Act, with the core message: Website blocking without judicial decisions causes legal uncertainty for Wi-Fi operators and impedes Germany's international competitiveness.

date 2019/09/05

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“Digitalization as the Most Important Opportunity for SMEs” - eco Comments on New German Government SME Strategy

The German Federal Economics Minister Altmaier has presented the cornerstones of his strategy for SMEs, “Valuing - Strengthening - Easing the Load”. The eco Association welcomes this strategy, whilst emphasizing that digital infrastructures are fundamental to the success of digital technologies and the future of SMEs.

date 2019/08/30

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eco Congratulates New EU Commission President: “Future EU Commission must decisively & systematically implement modern digital policy”

Yesterday evening in Strasbourg, Ursula von der Leyen was elected as the new President of the European Commission by MEPs in the European Parliament. In the run-up to the vote, the President-elect of the Commission had already published her political agenda for Europe.

date 2019/07/17

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G20: eco and i2Coalition Call for Progress on Transatlantic Data Protection Agreement

Following the G20 summit in Japan, a joint paper issued by the partner associations eco and i2Coalition emphasizes the importance of a new transatlantic data protection agreement.

date 2019/07/01

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eco: New EU Parliament Must Drive Forward the Digital Single Market

The new EU Parliament will be formally constituted on 2 July. In this context, eco Chair Oliver Süme emphasizes how important a fast-track development of the Digital Single Market is for the new legislative term.

date 2019/07/01

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eco Presents the Digital Compass of the German Federal States

Hesse, Baden-Württemberg, and North Rhine-Westphalia are the trailblazers in digital policy, this is one of the key findings of the first Digital Compass of the German Federal States, which eco – Association of the Internet Industry has now made available online (in German only).

date 2019/06/27

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Policy & Law

eco - Association of the Internet Industry: Board of Directors Confirmed in Office

Oliver J. Süme will continue as Chair of the Board of eco – Association of the Internet Industry. The Hamburg-based lawyer and partner in the law firm Fieldfisher was unanimously re-elected on 18 June 2019 at the eco Annual General Meeting in Cologne, as were the other members of the Board, Klaus Landefeld, Felix Höger, and Professor Norbert Pohlmann.

date 2019/06/19

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eco Comments on ECJ Ruling on GMail: “Positive Signal for Data Protection”

Last Thursday, the ECJ ruled that the “Gmail” service should not be treated as a telecommunications service under European law, thus foiling the plans of the German Federal Network Agency to subject web services to the provisions of the German Telecommunications Act.

date 2019/06/17

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Networks

eco Comments on End of 5G Spectrum Auction: “Milestone for a Networked Germany”

The German Federal Network Agency has declared the 5G spectrum auction closed. According to eco Board Member Klaus Landefeld: “The end of the 5G spectrum auction marks a fundamental milestone on Germany's path to becoming a networked industry location and society."

date 2019/06/14

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eco: “Encroachment on encryption and statutory backdoors thwart IT security.”

eco, together with representatives of German and European industry, academia, and civil society, criticizes in an open letter the plans of the German Federal Ministry of the Interior (BMI) for wanting to legally oblige providers of messenger services to retroactively alter end-to-end encryption.

date 2019/06/14

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eco Criticizes Ministers of Justice Plans on Blanket Data Retention: “Resuscitation measures are not an option”

Oliver Süme, eco Chair of the Board, warns against renewed discussions on European information and retention obligations for the Internet industry: “Any policy to revive blanket data retention is not an option, in any form whatsoever.”

date 2019/06/06

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EU Copyright Comes into Effect

eco calls for a sense of proportion in the implementation of the EU Copyright Directive

date 2019/06/06

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Security

Study Commisssion Artificial Intelligence

“We must make AI safe, trustworthy and successful”, says eco board member Prof. Norbert Pohlmann.

date 2019/06/04

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Internet Industry Discusses Data Protection in Washington: Strengthen EU-US Privacy Shield

On 22 May, representatives of the Internet industry and politics from both sides of the Atlantic came together in Washington to participate in a critical exchange on transatlantic data protection and the future of the EU-US Privacy Shield.

date 2019/05/27

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