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(EuroCloud) is now giving the providers of public cloud-based solutions and services their own voice: EuroCloud Native, or ECN for short, is not only intended to be a specialist forum for cloud-native topics, but also to pool the interests of frequently smaller, young and highly specialised companies and start-ups. date 2020/09/24 press Law & Regulation Promoting Educational Equity Through Access to Digital Learning Opportunities “Digitalisation in schools is not just a nice to have, but a basic existential requirement for the future of Germany as a location for education and business,” says eco Chair Oliver Süme. date 2020/09/22 press © eco - Association of the Internet Industry Law & Regulation German Federal Government publishes Deletion Successes of Online Child Sexual Abuse Material 2019 The German federal government published the evaluation report on the deletion of child sexual abuse material*, CSAM for short, on the Internet for the year 2019 on 16 September 2020. date 2020/09/22 press Broadband Internet: Development of the technologies up until 2030 in Germany eco Start Into a Digital Decade of Superlatives: New eco Study Expects Revenue Growth of 75 Percent for the Internet Industry in Germany by 2025 The Internet industry will be one of the most dynamic industries in Germany in the coming years, as a new joint study by the eco Association and the management consultancy Arthur D. Little shows. Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, during which individual large segments of the Internet industry suffered slumps, an increase in revenue of almost 75 percent to approximately 253 billion Euro is expected by 2025. date 2020/09/22 press Law & Regulation Legal Expert Opinions on German Hate Speech Law Confirm Internet Industry Concerns eco sees a clear confirmation of its own assessment and critical analysis of the draft German law on combating right-wing extremism and hate crime and the Network Enforcement Act (NetzDG). date 2020/09/17 press Law & Regulation Digital Decade: Sustainability and Digitalisation Two Sides of the Same Coin In her keynote speech on the State of the European Union today, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen set out what the eco Association sees as important goals for the Digital Decade, and addressed some of the most urgent challenges in the context of digitalisation. date 2020/09/16 press Law & Regulation Sustainable Digital Infrastructures: “Digitalisation is more than just streaming video” “When it comes to sustainability, digitalisation should be seen as part of the solution, not as part of the problem,” says Alexander Rabe, Managing Director of eco on the occasion of the presentation today by Environment Minister Svenja Schulze of plans for more energy and resource efficiency in digital infrastructures. date 2020/09/10 press Law & Regulation eco on the Amendment to the German Act against Restraints of Competition (GWB): “Harmonised EU Approach Instead of National Go-it-Alone Efforts” The German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) today passed the now 10th amendment of the German Act against Restraints of Competition (GWB). eco takes a critical stance on the planned changes in competition law. date 2020/09/09 press Law & Regulation Artificial Intelligence: eco Association Cautions Against an Innovation Standstill This week, the German Bundestag intends to pass a motion on the “Future Technology Artificial Intelligence”, which will include a statement on the European Commission’s AI White Paper. In February of this year, the EU Commission announced stronger regulations in its AI White Paper. date 2020/09/09 press Networks DNS over HTTPS: eco Discussion Paper Makes Recommendations for More Security in Network Environments The DoH protocol, designed to improve user privacy and security, has both its upsides and downsides. A new eco Association paper sets out to clarify some of the complexities and provide recommendations for implementation and deployment. date 2020/09/08 press Blockchain eco Builds Framework with Partners for Consortium Blockchain The eco Association is working together with well-known partners on a Blockchain Governance Framework. Interested parties are invited to join the network of trust as consortium partners. date 2020/08/27 press E-Commerce Precise Delivery Times Decisive for the Final Click When Purchasing Logistics is the bottleneck in e-commerce: Eight out of ten online shoppers (85 percent) would like to see a delivery time before the last click when making a purchase. If this information is missing, one in three (32 percent) discontinue their purchase. A trend that is actually intensifying for frequent customers: 44 percent will not snap up an offer on the web if it remains unclear when products will arrive. date 2020/08/25 press E-Mail CSA Invitation to the Digital Email Summit 2020 Early this autumn, the CSA Digital Email Summit will virtually bring together the world’s top minds in the email industry. Commencing on 31 August 2020, the Certified Senders Alliance (CSA) will host numerous presentations and workshops. The CSA expects hundreds of experts to attend the series of events, enabling them to participate in an online exchange about the latest technologies and trends for sending commercial emails. date 2020/08/24 press Cloud Computing EuroCloud: Data Protection Without the EU-US Privacy Shield – What to Do The European Court of Justice overturned the EU-US Privacy Shield Agreement in July 2020. This means that cloud providers and other companies should act act now and immediately check their privacy notices under Articles 13 and 14 of the GDPR, and amend these if necessary. EuroCloud offers providers a checklist for data protection without the Privacy Shield as a download. date 2020/08/20 press Datacenter New Study: Data Centres are a Guarantee for Sustainable... Significant increase in energy efficiency: 12 times lower energy consumption per GB of data transmitted in data centres compared to 2010 Constantly decreasing CO2 emissions (30% less by 2030) despite increasing demands on computing power Global energy efficiency potential through cloud computing not yet exhausted Berlin,... date 2020/08/17 press Law & Regulation eco Survey on Germany’s Digital Policy in the Corona Crisis: Majority of Respondents Call on Government to Build a High-Performance & Competitive Digital Infrastructure – Time for a Digital Ministry In light of the Corona crisis, the German federal government should focus more on digital policy issues. 65.4 percent of Germans share this view, according to a representative survey commissioned by eco – Association of the Internet Industry from the opinion research institute Civey - a survey in which 2,500 people in Germany took part at the beginning of August. date 2020/08/13 press Law & Regulation eco Welcomes the German Federal Network Agency’s Security Catalogue: Transparent 5G Network Roll-out Without Discrimination The German Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) today published the latest draft of its security catalogue. eco welcomes the fact that the BNetzA has not succumbed to political pressure and has focused on appropriate criteria for the security of telecommunications networks. date 2020/08/12 press Law & Regulation eco on the German Copyright Service Provider Act: Call for an Unequivocal Rejection of Upload Filters In June, the German Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection (BMJV) published a discussion draft on a Second Act on the Adaptation of Copyright Law to the Requirements of the Digital Single Market. With the related Act, the controversial Art. 17 of the EU Copyright Reform (DSM Directive) is also to be transposed into German law. date 2020/08/04 press eco eco://award: Application Deadline Extended Companies can still enter the race for the renowned eco://award until Monday, August 10, 2020, with their top digital achievement. date 2020/07/23 press Law & Regulation eco Criticizes new German Telemedia Act: Legislator misses opportunity to give clear rejection to the blocking of Internet content On 2 July 2020, the German parliament, the Bundestag, passed a bill to amend the German Telemedia Act (TMG). eco regrets that the legislator did not take the opportunity to finally eliminate the basis for the blocking of Internet content, which creates legal uncertainty for businesses and citizens alike and is not an adequate means of enforcing copyright claims on the Internet. date 2020/07/22 press Law & Regulation AI strategy for companies: Eight steps to digital transformation For the majority of the companies, what is currently most relevant is a strategy that strengthens their own value creation in the long term. date 2020/07/22 press Paragraph symbol on wooden desk Law & Regulation eco on the End of the EU-US Privacy Shield: The consequences for companies & international data traffic are dramatic The European Court of Justice today overturned the EU-US Privacy Shield Agreement. The Association of the Internet Industry predicts a significant impact on many companies in the EU that have relied on the Privacy Shield for data transfers to the US. date 2020/07/16 press Law & Regulation eco on the Upcoming ECJ Decision on EU-US Privacy Shield The European Court of Justice (ECJ) will decide today, 16 July, in the Schrems II case, whether the standard contractual clauses of the European Commission and, if applicable, the EU-US Privacy Shield rule will apply to the transfer of personal data to countries outside the European Union. date 2020/07/16 press Security eco Survey: Confidence in Data Security is Greatest in Online Banking Overall, Germans have little confidence in data security on online platforms. Despite this, users still do not take enough responsibility for their own security measures. This was the finding of a representative survey conducted on behalf of eco – Association of the Internet Industry date 2020/07/14 press eco Start of the German EU Council Presidency: Association of the Internet Industry Presents 6 Requirements for Greater Digitalisation in Europe To mark the start of the German EU Council Presidency, the Association of the Internet Industry has compiled a 6-point catalogue of requirements for Europe’s digitalisation. eco also calls for a pan-European Digitalisation Roundtable comprised of national representatives of the Internet industry. date 2020/07/01 press eco Happy Birthday: eco celebrates 25 years of Internet with Responsibility The association is celebrating this online with members, friends and partners within the framework of a big birthday show, which will review the decisive developments of the commercial Internet in Germany under the motto "25 years of Internet with Responsibility". date 2020/06/26 press Law & Regulation GDPR Evaluation: eco Calls for Clear Rules and Assistance for SMEs The GDPR has been in force since 25 May 2018. From the perspective of the eco Association, despite initial concerns, the GDPR has after two years now established itself as a fundamentally appropriate regulatory instrument – but there is still room for improvement in its implementation for SMEs. date 2020/06/24 press Security Detect IoT Hazards: AV-TEST and eco Cooperate in Securing IoT Devices and Services From today forward, the AV-TEST Institute, in cooperation with the eco Association, will complement the extensive data spectrum of its AV-ATLAS Threat Intelligence with real-time monitoring data of IoT (Internet of Things) devices and services. date 2020/06/22 press eco Internet Infrastructure Will Benefit From Corona in the Medium-Term Despite Corona, the infrastructure layer will grow from 28.7 billion Euros (2019) to 30.3 billion Euros in 2020, thus growing faster than the other segments of the Internet industry The Corona crisis leads to an annual growth rate of 1.7 percent higher than originally expected for the Internet infrastructure from 2022 Corona... date 2020/06/18 press Law & Regulation eco: “With the reformed Network Enforcement Act, German lawmakers are widely overshooting the mark when it comes to effective law enforcement on the Internet” Hate and incitement to hatred have no place on the Internet. eco fully endorses this view and is an active advocate for an Internet with responsibility. But eco still sees a substantial need for improvement in the drafts for the revision of the German NetzDG, presented by the German Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection (BMJV). date 2020/06/17 press
Cloud Computing EuroCloud Launches Cloud Initiative: EuroCloud Native EuroCloud Deutschland_eco e. V. (EuroCloud) is now giving the providers of public cloud-based solutions and services their own voice: EuroCloud Native, or ECN for short, is not only intended to be a specialist forum for cloud-native topics, but also to pool the interests of frequently smaller, young and highly specialised companies and start-ups. date 2020/09/24 press
Law & Regulation Promoting Educational Equity Through Access to Digital Learning Opportunities “Digitalisation in schools is not just a nice to have, but a basic existential requirement for the future of Germany as a location for education and business,” says eco Chair Oliver Süme. date 2020/09/22 press
© eco - Association of the Internet Industry Law & Regulation German Federal Government publishes Deletion Successes of Online Child Sexual Abuse Material 2019 The German federal government published the evaluation report on the deletion of child sexual abuse material*, CSAM for short, on the Internet for the year 2019 on 16 September 2020. date 2020/09/22 press
Broadband Internet: Development of the technologies up until 2030 in Germany eco Start Into a Digital Decade of Superlatives: New eco Study Expects Revenue Growth of 75 Percent for the Internet Industry in Germany by 2025 The Internet industry will be one of the most dynamic industries in Germany in the coming years, as a new joint study by the eco Association and the management consultancy Arthur D. Little shows. Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, during which individual large segments of the Internet industry suffered slumps, an increase in revenue of almost 75 percent to approximately 253 billion Euro is expected by 2025. date 2020/09/22 press
Law & Regulation Legal Expert Opinions on German Hate Speech Law Confirm Internet Industry Concerns eco sees a clear confirmation of its own assessment and critical analysis of the draft German law on combating right-wing extremism and hate crime and the Network Enforcement Act (NetzDG). date 2020/09/17 press
Law & Regulation Digital Decade: Sustainability and Digitalisation Two Sides of the Same Coin In her keynote speech on the State of the European Union today, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen set out what the eco Association sees as important goals for the Digital Decade, and addressed some of the most urgent challenges in the context of digitalisation. date 2020/09/16 press
Law & Regulation Sustainable Digital Infrastructures: “Digitalisation is more than just streaming video” “When it comes to sustainability, digitalisation should be seen as part of the solution, not as part of the problem,” says Alexander Rabe, Managing Director of eco on the occasion of the presentation today by Environment Minister Svenja Schulze of plans for more energy and resource efficiency in digital infrastructures. date 2020/09/10 press
Law & Regulation eco on the Amendment to the German Act against Restraints of Competition (GWB): “Harmonised EU Approach Instead of National Go-it-Alone Efforts” The German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) today passed the now 10th amendment of the German Act against Restraints of Competition (GWB). eco takes a critical stance on the planned changes in competition law. date 2020/09/09 press
Law & Regulation Artificial Intelligence: eco Association Cautions Against an Innovation Standstill This week, the German Bundestag intends to pass a motion on the “Future Technology Artificial Intelligence”, which will include a statement on the European Commission’s AI White Paper. In February of this year, the EU Commission announced stronger regulations in its AI White Paper. date 2020/09/09 press
Networks DNS over HTTPS: eco Discussion Paper Makes Recommendations for More Security in Network Environments The DoH protocol, designed to improve user privacy and security, has both its upsides and downsides. A new eco Association paper sets out to clarify some of the complexities and provide recommendations for implementation and deployment. date 2020/09/08 press
Blockchain eco Builds Framework with Partners for Consortium Blockchain The eco Association is working together with well-known partners on a Blockchain Governance Framework. Interested parties are invited to join the network of trust as consortium partners. date 2020/08/27 press
E-Commerce Precise Delivery Times Decisive for the Final Click When Purchasing Logistics is the bottleneck in e-commerce: Eight out of ten online shoppers (85 percent) would like to see a delivery time before the last click when making a purchase. If this information is missing, one in three (32 percent) discontinue their purchase. A trend that is actually intensifying for frequent customers: 44 percent will not snap up an offer on the web if it remains unclear when products will arrive. date 2020/08/25 press
E-Mail CSA Invitation to the Digital Email Summit 2020 Early this autumn, the CSA Digital Email Summit will virtually bring together the world’s top minds in the email industry. Commencing on 31 August 2020, the Certified Senders Alliance (CSA) will host numerous presentations and workshops. The CSA expects hundreds of experts to attend the series of events, enabling them to participate in an online exchange about the latest technologies and trends for sending commercial emails. date 2020/08/24 press
Cloud Computing EuroCloud: Data Protection Without the EU-US Privacy Shield – What to Do The European Court of Justice overturned the EU-US Privacy Shield Agreement in July 2020. This means that cloud providers and other companies should act act now and immediately check their privacy notices under Articles 13 and 14 of the GDPR, and amend these if necessary. EuroCloud offers providers a checklist for data protection without the Privacy Shield as a download. date 2020/08/20 press
Datacenter New Study: Data Centres are a Guarantee for Sustainable... Significant increase in energy efficiency: 12 times lower energy consumption per GB of data transmitted in data centres compared to 2010 Constantly decreasing CO2 emissions (30% less by 2030) despite increasing demands on computing power Global energy efficiency potential through cloud computing not yet exhausted Berlin,... date 2020/08/17 press
Law & Regulation eco Survey on Germany’s Digital Policy in the Corona Crisis: Majority of Respondents Call on Government to Build a High-Performance & Competitive Digital Infrastructure – Time for a Digital Ministry In light of the Corona crisis, the German federal government should focus more on digital policy issues. 65.4 percent of Germans share this view, according to a representative survey commissioned by eco – Association of the Internet Industry from the opinion research institute Civey - a survey in which 2,500 people in Germany took part at the beginning of August. date 2020/08/13 press
Law & Regulation eco Welcomes the German Federal Network Agency’s Security Catalogue: Transparent 5G Network Roll-out Without Discrimination The German Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) today published the latest draft of its security catalogue. eco welcomes the fact that the BNetzA has not succumbed to political pressure and has focused on appropriate criteria for the security of telecommunications networks. date 2020/08/12 press
Law & Regulation eco on the German Copyright Service Provider Act: Call for an Unequivocal Rejection of Upload Filters In June, the German Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection (BMJV) published a discussion draft on a Second Act on the Adaptation of Copyright Law to the Requirements of the Digital Single Market. With the related Act, the controversial Art. 17 of the EU Copyright Reform (DSM Directive) is also to be transposed into German law. date 2020/08/04 press
eco eco://award: Application Deadline Extended Companies can still enter the race for the renowned eco://award until Monday, August 10, 2020, with their top digital achievement. date 2020/07/23 press
Law & Regulation eco Criticizes new German Telemedia Act: Legislator misses opportunity to give clear rejection to the blocking of Internet content On 2 July 2020, the German parliament, the Bundestag, passed a bill to amend the German Telemedia Act (TMG). eco regrets that the legislator did not take the opportunity to finally eliminate the basis for the blocking of Internet content, which creates legal uncertainty for businesses and citizens alike and is not an adequate means of enforcing copyright claims on the Internet. date 2020/07/22 press
Law & Regulation AI strategy for companies: Eight steps to digital transformation For the majority of the companies, what is currently most relevant is a strategy that strengthens their own value creation in the long term. date 2020/07/22 press
Paragraph symbol on wooden desk Law & Regulation eco on the End of the EU-US Privacy Shield: The consequences for companies & international data traffic are dramatic The European Court of Justice today overturned the EU-US Privacy Shield Agreement. The Association of the Internet Industry predicts a significant impact on many companies in the EU that have relied on the Privacy Shield for data transfers to the US. date 2020/07/16 press
Law & Regulation eco on the Upcoming ECJ Decision on EU-US Privacy Shield The European Court of Justice (ECJ) will decide today, 16 July, in the Schrems II case, whether the standard contractual clauses of the European Commission and, if applicable, the EU-US Privacy Shield rule will apply to the transfer of personal data to countries outside the European Union. date 2020/07/16 press
Security eco Survey: Confidence in Data Security is Greatest in Online Banking Overall, Germans have little confidence in data security on online platforms. Despite this, users still do not take enough responsibility for their own security measures. This was the finding of a representative survey conducted on behalf of eco – Association of the Internet Industry date 2020/07/14 press
eco Start of the German EU Council Presidency: Association of the Internet Industry Presents 6 Requirements for Greater Digitalisation in Europe To mark the start of the German EU Council Presidency, the Association of the Internet Industry has compiled a 6-point catalogue of requirements for Europe’s digitalisation. eco also calls for a pan-European Digitalisation Roundtable comprised of national representatives of the Internet industry. date 2020/07/01 press
eco Happy Birthday: eco celebrates 25 years of Internet with Responsibility The association is celebrating this online with members, friends and partners within the framework of a big birthday show, which will review the decisive developments of the commercial Internet in Germany under the motto "25 years of Internet with Responsibility". date 2020/06/26 press
Law & Regulation GDPR Evaluation: eco Calls for Clear Rules and Assistance for SMEs The GDPR has been in force since 25 May 2018. From the perspective of the eco Association, despite initial concerns, the GDPR has after two years now established itself as a fundamentally appropriate regulatory instrument – but there is still room for improvement in its implementation for SMEs. date 2020/06/24 press
Security Detect IoT Hazards: AV-TEST and eco Cooperate in Securing IoT Devices and Services From today forward, the AV-TEST Institute, in cooperation with the eco Association, will complement the extensive data spectrum of its AV-ATLAS Threat Intelligence with real-time monitoring data of IoT (Internet of Things) devices and services. date 2020/06/22 press
eco Internet Infrastructure Will Benefit From Corona in the Medium-Term Despite Corona, the infrastructure layer will grow from 28.7 billion Euros (2019) to 30.3 billion Euros in 2020, thus growing faster than the other segments of the Internet industry The Corona crisis leads to an annual growth rate of 1.7 percent higher than originally expected for the Internet infrastructure from 2022 Corona... date 2020/06/18 press
Law & Regulation eco: “With the reformed Network Enforcement Act, German lawmakers are widely overshooting the mark when it comes to effective law enforcement on the Internet” Hate and incitement to hatred have no place on the Internet. eco fully endorses this view and is an active advocate for an Internet with responsibility. But eco still sees a substantial need for improvement in the drafts for the revision of the German NetzDG, presented by the German Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection (BMJV). date 2020/06/17 press
