Policy & Law

eco Complaints Office Publishes Annual Report 2022

Today, the Complaints Office of eco published its English version of its 2022 Annual Report. With 8,904 actionable cases, the eco Complaints Office once again recorded a new peak of notified legal violations on the Internet last year

date 2023/03/29

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eco Association Warns against Cancellation of German Digital Budget

In the current budget negotiations of the German federal government, the planned digital budget could also fall victim to cuts. eco Association expressly warns against cutting funds for the implementation of digitalisation plans and projects.

date 2023/03/20

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Data Act: Association of the Internet Industry Critical of Administrative Burden on Companies

The European Council and the European Parliament are expected to start their trilogue on the Data Act on 28 March. Already on Monday this week, in Strasbourg the Parliament voted on the draft prepared by rapporteur Pilar del Castillo Vera (EPP) from the Industry Committee (ITRE) and issued its negotiating mandate. eco still sees a need for improvement in the Data Act.

date 2023/03/16

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eco Alliance on the electricity price brake: German federal government must not neglect digital infrastructures

In Germany, the amendment to the electricity price brake is expected to be passed in today’s cabinet meeting. eco and the Alliance for the Strengthening of Digital Infrastructures are strongly critical of the amendment introduced by the Federal Ministry of Economics.

date 2023/03/06

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eco Alliance Critical of New Blue Angel Directive for Data Centres as Impractical 

The Alliance for the Strengthening of Digital Infrastructures in Germany, initiated by the eco Association, denounces the Blue Angel guideline revisions planned by the German Environment Agency (UBA) as still unsuitable and impractical. Dr Béla Waldhauser, spokesperson of the Alliance for Strengthening Digital Infrastructures in Germany, comments.

date 2023/02/09

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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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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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