Policy & Law

IGF 2019: eco Calls for a Dialogue on the Opportunities of the Internet for SMEs

Germany is hosting the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) for the very first time this year, which will take place from 25 to 29 November 2019 in the Estrel Congress Center in Berlin. The eco Association will be on location, participating in high-level panel sessions and with a booth at the IGF Village.

date 2019/11/01

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Cloud Computing

GAIA-X: eco Supports the Design of a Sovereign European Data Infrastructure

Digital sovereignty in the form of high-performance and secure digital infrastructures is a key success factor and decisive for the future viability of Germany as a business location. This is the opinion of the overwhelming majority (80 percent) of decision-makers in German companies, according to the results of a current representative survey commissioned by eco.

date 2019/10/29

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“Regulatory fantasies will put the brakes on digitalization”

eco Comments Final Report of German Data Ethics Commission

date 2019/10/23

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Blockchain

eco on Blockchain Strategy: “German Federal Government Paves Way for Legally-Secure Foundational Technology of the Future”

eco regards the German federal government's blockchain strategy, adopted today by the federal cabinet, as an important step for the foundational technology of the future. With its white paper "Blockchain for SMEs", eco presents a guideline for small and medium-sized enterprises wishing to implement blockchain projects in their own operations.

date 2019/09/18

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German Federal Government Publishes Take-Down Success for Online CSAM in 2018: Complaint Offices Are Indispensable

The German Federal Government published an evaluation report on the deletion of online CSAM content for the year 2018 in September. In 2018, a total of 5,951 reports of child sexual abuse material were statistically recorded by the German Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA), 82 percent of which were hosted abroad.

date 2019/09/16

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eco: European Court of Justice Issues a Rebuff to German Ancillary Copyright

With today's decision, the EUCJ has declared German ancillary copyright law for press publishers to be inapplicable. The Court thus drew a line under the years of debate and numerous court proceedings. From the very outset, eco criticized German ancillary copyright, stating that, “Introducing ancillary copyright in Germany was a misguided political decision.”

date 2019/09/12

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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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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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