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eco Association Introduces First Members of the New Presidency Committee

On the occasion of its New Year's reception in Cologne, eco – Association of the Internet introduced the first three members of its recently established Presidency Committee. The role of this committee is to promote interdisciplinary exchange on current digitalization questions. In the coming Presidium meetings, the Association plans to identify the first joint projects requiring the cooperation of all societal stakeholders in the field of digitalization.

date 2019/01/17

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eco on the Brexit vote: "Use the time to create legal certainty for the digital industry"

Today's decision by the British Parliament has once again delayed Britain's withdrawal agreement with the EU. The eco Association also sees an opportunity here – namely, that legislators on both sides of the English Channel have gained more time to come up with relevant deals in the areas of data flow, business processes, and the regulation of contracts. Regulation of these areas is of central importance to the digital industry’s ability to continue to work effectively.

date 2019/01/16

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Data Theft: eco Association Warns Against Legislative Rush Jobs

In the course of the most recent data scandal, the German Federal Minister for Justice Katarina Barley has called for stricter rules for the operators of Internet platforms. eco Association Chair Oliver Süme comments.

date 2019/01/08

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eco Association: Encryption Against Data Theft

Encryption is an effective means to prevent this kind of attack and data theft. Therefore, the German federal government should more strongly support and drive forward the development and dissemination of user-friendly encryption technologies.

date 2019/01/04

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eco: “EU Digital Tax Would Discriminate Against Digital Industry and Harm the European Single Market”

"The plans of the EU Commission for a digital tax explicitly discriminate against the digital industry. We need a coherent tax system that applies the same fair and comprehensible rules to all market participants."

date 2018/12/04

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Artificial Intelligence “Made in Germany” Needs High-Performance Digital Infrastructures

The main topic of the Digital Summit taking place in Nuremberg on 3 and 4 December is  that of artificial intelligence. AI is a decisive future technology and represents a crucial market for Germany as a digital location. In order to conquer this important technology field, the Alliance to Strengthen Digital Infrastructures in Germany argues that an integrated AI strategy is needed, with high-performance digital infrastructures being a crucial pillar of such a strategy.

date 2018/12/04

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“Together Against the Sexual Exploitation of Children in the Internet”

For the “European Day on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse”, the German Internet complaints offices inform about the spread of images of sexualized violence in the Internet, & about the cooperation of hotlines at national and international levels.

date 2018/11/18

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eco Managing Director Calls for more Strategic Foresight for Digital Policy in the 21st Century

There is still a lack of a holistic understanding of the decisive factors and interrelationships of the digitization ecosystem in the papers on artificial intelligence and a digital implementation strategy currently being discussed within the framework of the German federal government's digital hearing.

date 2018/11/14

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eco: German Federal Government Needs Holistic Thinking on AI

Artificial intelligence (AI) is a decisive future-oriented technology and an important market for Germany as a digital location. In the view of the eco Association, in order to occupy this important technological field and turn AI into a core competency of German industry, a holistic AI strategy is needed which not only depends on targeted research and development but also high-performance digital infrastructures, and supports the societal acceptance of AI technologies.

date 2018/11/14

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Germany Needs Consistent Strategy for Digital Education and Further Education

The topics of securing specialist workers, New Work, and (further) education in the digital world of work are right at the top of the political agenda and also shaped the debate in the “New Work Check”, organized by the eco Association.

date 2018/11/09

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eco Announces the Nominees for the 17th eco://awards

On 28th November in Cologne, the eco Association will present one of the Internet industry’s most prestigious awards. In seven award categories, a jury of experts comprising of representatives from industry, academia, research, and politics has selected the three most promising submissions of 2018 and nominated them for the eco://award.

date 2018/10/31

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eco: European Digital Tax Damaging for Industry Location

Commenting on plans currently under discussion to introduce a tax for digital companies, eco Süme, Chair of the Board at eco, has the following to say: “The plans currently under discussion at EU level to tax digital companies are misguided. We need a coherent tax system that applies the same fair and comprehensible rules to all market participants.”

date 2018/10/30

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Secure Digital Infrastructures: Majority of Users Prefer Domestic Data Storage

From 9th to 11th October 2018, experts and companies from all over the world will be exchanging views and experiences on new solutions and issues relating to IT and Internet security at it-sa – the largest European trade fair for IT security. eco – Association of the Internet Industry and the Alliance for the Strengthening of Digital Infrastructures point out in this context that Internet security already starts at its foundations: namely, with data centers and other operators of digital infrastructures.

date 2018/10/09

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eco on World Children's Day: “Fit & Safe for the Digital Future”

On the occasion of International Children's Day, eco – Association of the Internet Industry is calling on governments to resolutely advance the teaching of core knowledge in information technologies and skills in the area of IT security.

date 2018/09/20

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Decision on EU Copyright Law: “The Internet will be Filtered to Death”

The EU Parliament's decision on copyright reform has well and truly kicked copyright back into the stone age. At the same time, it is ignoring the entire potential of the digital economy, and is inhibiting the digitalization of society and the development of new innovative business models throughout Europe.

date 2018/09/12

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