Policy & Law

eco Survey on Safer Internet Day 2023: Together for a Good and Safe Network

A representative survey conducted by Civey on behalf of the eco Association has now answered the question of what is most important to German citizens when it comes to reporting critical content to a hotline.

date 2023/02/06

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eco Association on the Data Act

The basic problem is that the Data Act offers too much bureaucracy and too few incentives for companies to process, use and share data.”

date 2023/01/18

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eco Association: Five Theses on the 2023 German Digital Policy

Sustainability and the further increase in data-driven processes will continue to be the most important drivers of the digital transformation of the economy and society in 2023, according to the prognosis of eco – Association of the Internet Industry.

date 2023/01/10

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1 year into the German traffic light coalition: No green light for digitalisation

The Association of the Internet Industry has just undertaken a 10-point check and has found that, one year after its inauguration, the German traffic light coalition has only made real progress on realising its digital policy goals in the field of digital infrastructure.

date 2022/12/19

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eco comments on adequacy decision on EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework: “Companies need legal certainty in transatlantic data exchange”

The EU Commission today announced its preliminary adequacy decision on the Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework, the successor to the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield. This is another milestone on the EU side towards a transatlantic data protection agreement.

date 2022/12/13

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KRITIS Umbrella Act: eco calls for a sensible regulation with a sense of proportion

German Federal Minister of the Interior Nancy Faeser intends to encourage the companies involved in critical infrastructures (KRITIS) in Germany to adopt uniform protection standards.

date 2022/12/06

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New Work

eco CPO Lucia Falkenberg welcomes the plans of the traffic light government on skilled worker immigration

Lucia Falkenberg, CPO and spokesperson of the New Work Competence Group in the eco Association of the Internet industry welcomes the German federal government’s plans to lower the hurdles for the immigration of skilled workers.

date 2022/12/01

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eco’s Managing Director Alexander Rabe appointed to the “Digital Strategy Germany” Advisory Board of the Federal Minister of Digital Affairs & Transport

With the Digital Strategy adopted in the summer, Germany’s intention is now to make a digital breakthrough. All ministries and the Chancellery have joined forces to achieve this, and now the strategy is set to be implemented.

date 2022/11/29

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eco Alliance for Digital Infrastructures: Electricity price brake must also apply to data centres

The Alliance for the Strengthening of Digital Infrastructures in Germany, founded under the umbrella of eco – Association of the Internet Industry, criticises the recently announced draft of an electricity price brake and warns of a lasting weakening of Germany as a digital location.

date 2022/11/24

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Network Rollout Must Be Driven Forward Vigorously

The German federal government has set itself the correct and important objectives for gigabit coverage. It intends to bring Germany into the forefront group of industrial nations in the digitalisation of industry and society.

date 2022/11/10

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eco Chair of the Board Süme Welcomes the German Minister of Justice’s Quick Freeze Proposal

Commenting on the proposal for a new quick freeze procedure presented on Tuesday by the Federal Minister of Justice Marco Buschmann, eco Chair of the Board Oliver Süme welcomes the approach and the related planned repeal of data retention in Germany.

date 2022/10/26

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Datacenter

eco Association: German federal government must embed the system-relevance of data centres in energy crisis emergency plans

An electricity shortage in the energy crisis could have a negative impact on the operation of data centres and become a risk factor for user companies. Companies fear serious consequences for their business and call on the German federal government to include data centres in emergency plans.

date 2022/10/25

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Last Opportunity for the Digital Decade – eco on the EU Commission’s 2023 Work Programme for 2023

The year 2023 will be decisive in determining whether the EU Commission under Ursula von der Leyen can implement its digital policy goals before the next European elections. The related Work Programme is thus the last opportunity to get the digital decade underway in this legislative term.

date 2022/10/18

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Datacenter

Associations’ Perspectives for a Sustainable Data Centre Industry: eco, bitkom and GDA Publish Joint Position Paper

eco, bitkom and the German Datacenter Association (GDA) have published a joint position paper for a sustainable German data centre industry by 2030. In the course of an impending energy crisis, the three associations call for data centres to be recognised as system-relevant IT infrastructures, regardless of their size, and to be prioritised accordingly in the event of supply shortages.

date 2022/10/12

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eco zum Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework

Six months after announcing a new transatlantic agreement for the legally secure transfer of personal data, U.S. President Joseph Biden today presented the Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework. eco Chair of the Board Oliver Süme explains: "We very much welcome that a solution for the legally secure transfer of personal...

date 2022/10/10

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