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German Data Centers Seeking Federal Political Attention for Digital Infrastructures

Well-functioning and high-performance digital infrastructures act as the basis for Germany’s successful digital transformation. Operators of digital infrastructures, such as data centers, are both growth and innovation drivers, as well as multipliers for other industry sectors and guarantors for tax revenues and employment.

date 2018/04/11

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CLOUD Act: eco Calls for Prompt Legal Certainty for Companies

With the entry into force of the so-called “CLOUD Act”, in future, international companies with head offices in the United States could be obliged by local laws to disclose data. “The extent to which the law is compatible with the European General Data Protection Regulation must now be clarified”, demands Oliver Süme, Chair of the Board at eco.

date 2018/04/05

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Network Enforcement Act (NetzDG): Penalty Guidelines Do Not Eliminate the Danger of Overblocking

Oliver Süme, Chair of the Board at eco, has the following comment to make on the penalty guidelines for the Network Enforcement Act (NetzDG) presented on Friday, 23rd March.

date 2018/03/27

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eco Criticizes Special Tax for Digital Companies

The EU Commission wants to introduce a new tax for digital companies, and has announced new legislative proposals to this effect. EU Economic Commissioner Pierre Moscovici said today that the favored option would be an EU-wide regulation that would authorize Member States to tax companies without headquarters or production in their countries.

date 2018/03/21

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eco Complaints Office Annual Report 2017: Successful Results, Despite Growth in Hate Speech Complaints

The 2017 Annual Report published today in the English language by the eco Complaints Office documents an increase in reported complaints.

date 2018/03/06

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eco Welcomes the Last-Minute Decision to Appoint a Minister of State for Digital Affairs

Commenting on the newly created post of Minister of State for Digital Affairs in the Chancellor's Office, Chair of the Board at eco, Oliver Süme, states: “I welcome the decision of the coalition parties to finally accord digital policy a central coordination position and a voice at the cabinet table with the proposed...

date 2018/03/05

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eco Criticizes German Coalition Agreement: Digital Policy Modifications Rather Than An Overall Visionary Concept

The German coalition agreement between the CDU/CSU and the SPD presented this week incorporates, in the view of eco – Association of the Internet Industry, some important digital policy decisions which the German federal government had failed to make in the last legislative term. However, there is still no discernible political vision for digital transformation in Germany.

date 2018/02/09

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eco on “GroKo” Grand Coalition Plans for the Network...

Since the entry into force of the Network Enforcement Act (NetzDG) at the beginning of the year, criticism of the law has intensified: the CSU, the FDP, Die Linke (The Left) and Die Grünen (The Greens) are calling for the new regulation to be abolished. EU Justice Commissioner Vera Jourova has also criticized the law....

date 2018/02/06

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eco Urges the Coalition Partners to Adopt a Measured Approach...

Within the framework of the coalition negotiations for a new German federal government, eco – Association of the Internet Industry calls on the negotiating parties to exercise measured judgment when it comes to the topic of expanding broadband coverage. The association welcomes the declared commitment of the negotiating...

date 2018/02/03

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eco New Year’s Reception: SPD Secretary General Calls...

Speaking yesterday at the eco New Year's reception about the ongoing coalition negotiations, the Secretary General of the SPD Lars Klingbeil called for a digital breakthrough for Germany: "Digitalization is changing all areas of life. Digital policy must therefore be social policy. It is a question of how we will live and...

date 2018/01/31

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eco at the Start of the “GroKo” Grand Coalition Negotiations:...

At a party congress on Sunday, the SPD decided to enter into joint coalition negotiations with the CDU/CSU. For at least one reason, Oliver Süme, Chair of the Board at eco, questions whether a new GroKo coalition represents a win-win situation from the point of view of Internet policy.

date 2018/01/22

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eco – Association of the Internet Industry with an Extended Management Structure from January 2018 Onwards

Since January 1 2017, eco - Association of the Internet Industry has a new management structure Alexander Rabe, former Head of the Capital Office, joins CEO Harald A. Summa as Managing Director. The association is responding to the steadily increasing number of member companies, and to its expanding international activities and collaborations.

date 2018/01/02

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eco – A Look Back at 2017: Internet Policy without a Governing...

The year 2017 was dominated by Germany’s federal elections in September and the preceding election campaign, which also made itself felt in some of the federal government's decisions on Internet policy shortly before the end of the eighteenth legislative term. But what was actually achieved in 2017 in Internet and digital policy in Germany?

date 2017/12/21

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New Plans for European Blanket Data Retention Endanger the...

Although the European Court of Justice (EUCJ) declared as recently as December 2016 that blanket data retention without cause is incompatible with European fundamental rights, the EU Council has not deviated from its plans for European data retention. A paper already in circulation in the media shows just how concrete the...

date 2017/12/07

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eco: New Surveillance Plans Undermine Trust in Digital Services...

Ahead of today’s EU Internet Forum at ministerial level –which brings together Commissioners, Member States, Europol, and Internet companies to discuss developments in the fight against terrorist content on the Internet – and in the run-up to this week's conference of interior ministers in Leipzig, eco Board Member...

date 2017/12/06

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