Toggle navigation eco Press Releases Press Releases Press Centre Press Distribution List Press DownloadsPress TextPhotographsLogosStudiesAnnual Reports IoT SmartHome Initiative and eco Association Jointly Promoting the Smart Home The SmartHome Initiative Germany and eco Association are joining forces in promoting Smart Home innovations and markets. For the SmartHome Initiative, with its regional networks and more than 100 member companies, the Internet is an essential building block for smart building, living and working. date 2021/09/28 press Law & Regulation Digital Policy Must Be the Common Thread of the Coalition Agreement Regardless of which coalition will govern Germany in the next four years, it must make a holistic, well thought-out and consistent digital policy strategy the guiding principle of its policies. eco Chair Oliver Süme is convinced that digital policy must be the common thread of the coalition agreement because digitalization is the key to tackling the biggest challenges of the coming years. date 2021/09/27 press eco eco Association Wants to Shape Smart Mobility Ecosystems Internet-based mobility ecosystems will significantly reduce the burden on city centres in the next five years. On average, the Smart City segment “Mobility, Transport & Logistics” is growing 19.6 per cent per year, according to the study “The Smart City Market in Germany, 2021-2026” by eco and Arthur D. Little. date 2021/09/22 press Law & Regulation eco: Europe’s Digital Decade Must Move from Strategy to Action The European Commission has defined ambitious goals for a digital Europe and, in recent months, has presented initial strategies for achieving these goals, including the Digital Markets Act, the Digital Services Act and the European Green Deal. It is now time to have these strategies and goals converted into concrete political measures. date 2021/09/16 press Law & Regulation ECJ Hearing: eco and SpaceNet AG Seeking to Finally Overturn German Blanket Data Retention With the support of the eco Association, SpaceNet AG wants to finally put an end to blanket data retention. With this in mind, in 2016 the company had already filed a lawsuit against the act at the Administrative Court in Cologne. date 2021/09/13 press IoT Digitalisation Enables Climate-Neutral Smart Cities Digital technologies and services enable high CO2 savings in cities and metropolitan areas. In this way, they make a significant contribution to climate protection and are indispensable on the way to a carbon-neutral city, show the Smart City study by eco and Arthur D. Little. date 2021/09/09 press Law & Regulation Internet Policy Election Barometer: Voters Consider Jamaica Coalition to Have Greatest Digital Competence The current eco Election Barometer sees FDP in the lead on digitalisation, The Greens and CDU/CSU on a par, ahead of SPD, and the Left Party lagging behind. The barometer shows that digital infrastructure, digital public administration and cybersecurity are viewed as the top issues for the next legislative term. eco calls for a Ministry of Digitalisation and focus on broadband roll-out and digital public administration. date 2021/09/08 press Security Phishing Protection in the Home Office: eco Association Gives 7 Tips With many employees working from home, the risk of falling victim to phishing attacks has increased for many companies. eco Association gives 7 tips. date 2021/08/24 press eco Smart City Market Boom: New eco Study Forecasts Over 17 Percent Annual Growth The future belongs to Smart Cities, as evidenced by the new joint study by eco Association and the management consultancy ADL. The study forecasts an average annual growth in Germany of over 17 percent, corresponding to an increase in revenues of over 46 billion Euro within five years. date 2021/08/19 press Law & Regulation Saxony-Anhalt: Urgent Need for New Federal Government to Improve Digital Public Administration, Education and Mobility Following on from the regional state elections at the beginning of June, Saxony-Anhalt is on the verge of forming a new government. eco welcomes the fact that the planned tripartite alliance of CDU, SPD and FDP is focusing on digitalisation in the current draft of a coalition agreement, and that it is seeking to advance digitalisation with a ministry set up specifically for this purpose. date 2021/08/19 press Security Safe Through the Summer: 6 Tips for SMEs from the eco Association The threat situation for SMEs in Germany is getting worse, say 74 percent of the security experts surveyed in the eco Security Study 2021. Cyber criminals know the common and current security vulnerabilities, for example on email servers, and specifically look for systems that have not yet closed them. date 2021/08/17 press eco Application Deadline for the eco://awards Extended to 30 August 2021 eco plans to present the prestigious award for the Internet industry on 8 December as part of Cloud Expo Europe at the “Messe Frankfurt” trade fair. It's now possible to submit applications in six categories until 30 August. In advance: eco://congress on eco stage with panel discussions and presentations. date 2021/08/16 press Law & Regulation eco Association on EU Copyright Law: Companies Can Expect a Patchwork of 27 Different Regulations Because they have not transposed the EU Copyright Directive into national law quickly enough or have done so only inadequately, the European Commission has now initiated infringement procedures against 23 member states. While Germany is not affected by this, numerous companies in Germany also have to struggle with considerable... date 2021/07/27 press Security Preventing Unauthorised Access to the Smartphone: eco Association Gives 7 Tips The smartphone is our all-time companion, even on holiday at the beach or a lake, and is therefore at risk in many situations. The eco Association gives the mobile users 7 tips to keep in mind in order to prevent unauthorised data access. date 2021/07/27 press Law & Regulation eco Association: German Constitutional Court Calls for Limits to the Use of State Trojans – Constitutional Complaint Remains a Success for Civil Rights and IT Security With its decision on the state police law in Baden-Württemberg, announced yesterday, the Bundesverfassungsgericht, the German federal constitutional court, has set new limits to the use of so-called state Trojans and emphasised the state’s duty to protect citizens and businesses. This justification must be taken into... date 2021/07/22 press Law & Regulation Copyright Before the ECJ: Association of the Internet Industry Sees Last Chance to Prevent Upload Filters With a lawsuit before the European Court of Justice (ECJ), Poland wants to overturn Article 17 of the controversial EU copyright reform. date 2021/07/15 press Datacenter Fit for 55 Package: eco Alliance Welcomes EU Commission Plans The Alliance for the Strengthening of Digital Infrastructures in Germany, founded under the umbrella of the eco Association, welcomes the fact that the EU Commission wants to implement the planned CO2 reduction of 55 percent by the year 2030 on the basis of the planned “Fit for 55” package. date 2021/07/13 press eco Holiday Photos Online: eco Complaints Office Gives 5 Tips on What Parents Should Watch Out for Holidays at the beach or lake and eternalising shared family experiences via photos – that’s what many people wish for at the moment. But is it really safe to share pictures of children and young people via messenger services or social media platforms? Alexandra Koch-Skiba, Head of the eco Complaints Office, reveals what parents should look out for to ensure that their holiday photos do not lead to any unpleasant surprises. date 2021/06/23 press women.in.tech More Women for the Tech Industry: eco Expanding German #LiT– Ladies in Tech Initiative The #LiT – Ladies in Tech initiative aims to gain more visibility in media, politics and society for female role models from the tech industry, and to highlight current pressing issues and topics related to women in the IT and digital industries date 2021/06/23 press GAIA-X Harald A. Summa Elected to the Gaia-X Board of Directors Summa one of 24 new Gaia-X AISBL Board Members DE-CIX as a blueprint for other Internet Exchange operators Frankfurt am Main, 15 June 2021 - Harald A. Summa, CEO of DE-CIX, the operator of the world’s leading Internet Exchange in Frankfurt am Main, was one of 24 people elected to the Gaia-X AISBL Board during the... date 2021/06/15 press Law & Regulation eco Survey Shows: Excessive State Restrictions Could Counteract Player Protection in Online Gambling The gambling market in Germany is in a state of upheaval. Online gambling offers in particular are becoming increasingly popular. Current surveys come to the conclusion that three quarters of the German population have already participated in commercial gambling offers (online and offline). date 2021/06/10 press Law & Regulation eco on the Amendment to the Law on the Protection of the Constitution The eco Association calls for transparency, clarification and control in dealing with state Trojans: "Recent developments show that one question is becoming increasingly urgent: Who monitors those doing the monitoring?" comments Klaus Landefeld, Vice-Chair of the eco Board. date 2021/06/10 press Law & Regulation eco Election Barometer: Dissatisfaction with Digital Policy Particularly High in Eastern German States There is a high level of dissatisfaction amongst German citizens when it comes to the federal government’s digital policy: 73 percent of those surveyed in the current “Digital Policy Election Barometer” state that they are not satisfied with the political framework conditions and solutions in any field of digitalisation. date 2021/06/07 press Security Digital Identities: “Self-Sovereign Identities (SSI) Propelling Digitalisation” Secure digital identities are a key factor for further digitalisation in Europe, a stronger convergence of the Digital Single Market, and more efficient public administration. In this regard, Prof. Norbert Pohlmann, eco Board Member for IT Security, comments on the update of the eIDAS Regulation by the EU Commission. date 2021/06/02 press GAIA-X Gaia-X Federation Services: First round of specifications completed The project partners, coordinated by the eco Association, have completed the specification of the first four Gaia-X Federation Services. These form the technical basis for the development of a European data infrastructure for the secure digitalisation and networking of different participants. date 2021/05/26 press E-Mail CSA Digital Email Summit 2021 gathers the best minds in the industry The CSA Digital Email Summit 2021 will once again gather the best minds in the industry online. Year after year, the CSA welcomes advertisers and email and Internet service providers to the CSA Email Summit. For the second year in a row, the internationally renowned, English-language event will take place as an online-only event. date 2021/05/21 press Law & Regulation eco Association Warns of Consequences of Planned Copyright Reform: Upload Filters Paralyse Exchange on Online Platforms The eco Association expresses sharp criticism of the upcoming German copyright law reform, stating that the expectations regarding a press publishers’ ancillary copyright are illusory, and that the consistent implementation of the value-gap rules will only function by means of upload filters. date 2021/05/19 press Law & Regulation Telecommuncations Act Amendment in the Bundesrat: “Declaration of bankruptcy for civil rights” With today’s approval of the Telecommunications Modernisation Act, the German Federal Council (Bundesrat) has once again adopted data retention - and the German legislator is once again breaking EU law. date 2021/05/07 press Law & Regulation Amendment to the German Act for the Protection of the Constitution: eco Warns Against Use of State Trojans The eco Association is highly critical of the fact that the German coalition is apparently ignoring all warnings about the consequences of source telecommunication surveillance and the use of so-called “State Trojans”, and calls for a hearing with digital experts in the Bundestag. date 2021/05/05 press Law & Regulation “German Ministry for Digitalisation Long Overdue” – eco Association Welcomes Public Administration Discussion Paper The eco Association welcomes a recognition from public administration digital experts of the importance of a Ministry for Digitalisation. Alongside a new level of organisation at government level, eco also calls for the establishment of a digital steering committee in the German Bundestag. date 2021/05/04 press
IoT SmartHome Initiative and eco Association Jointly Promoting the Smart Home The SmartHome Initiative Germany and eco Association are joining forces in promoting Smart Home innovations and markets. For the SmartHome Initiative, with its regional networks and more than 100 member companies, the Internet is an essential building block for smart building, living and working. date 2021/09/28 press
Law & Regulation Digital Policy Must Be the Common Thread of the Coalition Agreement Regardless of which coalition will govern Germany in the next four years, it must make a holistic, well thought-out and consistent digital policy strategy the guiding principle of its policies. eco Chair Oliver Süme is convinced that digital policy must be the common thread of the coalition agreement because digitalization is the key to tackling the biggest challenges of the coming years. date 2021/09/27 press
eco eco Association Wants to Shape Smart Mobility Ecosystems Internet-based mobility ecosystems will significantly reduce the burden on city centres in the next five years. On average, the Smart City segment “Mobility, Transport & Logistics” is growing 19.6 per cent per year, according to the study “The Smart City Market in Germany, 2021-2026” by eco and Arthur D. Little. date 2021/09/22 press
Law & Regulation eco: Europe’s Digital Decade Must Move from Strategy to Action The European Commission has defined ambitious goals for a digital Europe and, in recent months, has presented initial strategies for achieving these goals, including the Digital Markets Act, the Digital Services Act and the European Green Deal. It is now time to have these strategies and goals converted into concrete political measures. date 2021/09/16 press
Law & Regulation ECJ Hearing: eco and SpaceNet AG Seeking to Finally Overturn German Blanket Data Retention With the support of the eco Association, SpaceNet AG wants to finally put an end to blanket data retention. With this in mind, in 2016 the company had already filed a lawsuit against the act at the Administrative Court in Cologne. date 2021/09/13 press
IoT Digitalisation Enables Climate-Neutral Smart Cities Digital technologies and services enable high CO2 savings in cities and metropolitan areas. In this way, they make a significant contribution to climate protection and are indispensable on the way to a carbon-neutral city, show the Smart City study by eco and Arthur D. Little. date 2021/09/09 press
Law & Regulation Internet Policy Election Barometer: Voters Consider Jamaica Coalition to Have Greatest Digital Competence The current eco Election Barometer sees FDP in the lead on digitalisation, The Greens and CDU/CSU on a par, ahead of SPD, and the Left Party lagging behind. The barometer shows that digital infrastructure, digital public administration and cybersecurity are viewed as the top issues for the next legislative term. eco calls for a Ministry of Digitalisation and focus on broadband roll-out and digital public administration. date 2021/09/08 press
Security Phishing Protection in the Home Office: eco Association Gives 7 Tips With many employees working from home, the risk of falling victim to phishing attacks has increased for many companies. eco Association gives 7 tips. date 2021/08/24 press
eco Smart City Market Boom: New eco Study Forecasts Over 17 Percent Annual Growth The future belongs to Smart Cities, as evidenced by the new joint study by eco Association and the management consultancy ADL. The study forecasts an average annual growth in Germany of over 17 percent, corresponding to an increase in revenues of over 46 billion Euro within five years. date 2021/08/19 press
Law & Regulation Saxony-Anhalt: Urgent Need for New Federal Government to Improve Digital Public Administration, Education and Mobility Following on from the regional state elections at the beginning of June, Saxony-Anhalt is on the verge of forming a new government. eco welcomes the fact that the planned tripartite alliance of CDU, SPD and FDP is focusing on digitalisation in the current draft of a coalition agreement, and that it is seeking to advance digitalisation with a ministry set up specifically for this purpose. date 2021/08/19 press
Security Safe Through the Summer: 6 Tips for SMEs from the eco Association The threat situation for SMEs in Germany is getting worse, say 74 percent of the security experts surveyed in the eco Security Study 2021. Cyber criminals know the common and current security vulnerabilities, for example on email servers, and specifically look for systems that have not yet closed them. date 2021/08/17 press
eco Application Deadline for the eco://awards Extended to 30 August 2021 eco plans to present the prestigious award for the Internet industry on 8 December as part of Cloud Expo Europe at the “Messe Frankfurt” trade fair. It's now possible to submit applications in six categories until 30 August. In advance: eco://congress on eco stage with panel discussions and presentations. date 2021/08/16 press
Law & Regulation eco Association on EU Copyright Law: Companies Can Expect a Patchwork of 27 Different Regulations Because they have not transposed the EU Copyright Directive into national law quickly enough or have done so only inadequately, the European Commission has now initiated infringement procedures against 23 member states. While Germany is not affected by this, numerous companies in Germany also have to struggle with considerable... date 2021/07/27 press
Security Preventing Unauthorised Access to the Smartphone: eco Association Gives 7 Tips The smartphone is our all-time companion, even on holiday at the beach or a lake, and is therefore at risk in many situations. The eco Association gives the mobile users 7 tips to keep in mind in order to prevent unauthorised data access. date 2021/07/27 press
Law & Regulation eco Association: German Constitutional Court Calls for Limits to the Use of State Trojans – Constitutional Complaint Remains a Success for Civil Rights and IT Security With its decision on the state police law in Baden-Württemberg, announced yesterday, the Bundesverfassungsgericht, the German federal constitutional court, has set new limits to the use of so-called state Trojans and emphasised the state’s duty to protect citizens and businesses. This justification must be taken into... date 2021/07/22 press
Law & Regulation Copyright Before the ECJ: Association of the Internet Industry Sees Last Chance to Prevent Upload Filters With a lawsuit before the European Court of Justice (ECJ), Poland wants to overturn Article 17 of the controversial EU copyright reform. date 2021/07/15 press
Datacenter Fit for 55 Package: eco Alliance Welcomes EU Commission Plans The Alliance for the Strengthening of Digital Infrastructures in Germany, founded under the umbrella of the eco Association, welcomes the fact that the EU Commission wants to implement the planned CO2 reduction of 55 percent by the year 2030 on the basis of the planned “Fit for 55” package. date 2021/07/13 press
eco Holiday Photos Online: eco Complaints Office Gives 5 Tips on What Parents Should Watch Out for Holidays at the beach or lake and eternalising shared family experiences via photos – that’s what many people wish for at the moment. But is it really safe to share pictures of children and young people via messenger services or social media platforms? Alexandra Koch-Skiba, Head of the eco Complaints Office, reveals what parents should look out for to ensure that their holiday photos do not lead to any unpleasant surprises. date 2021/06/23 press
women.in.tech More Women for the Tech Industry: eco Expanding German #LiT– Ladies in Tech Initiative The #LiT – Ladies in Tech initiative aims to gain more visibility in media, politics and society for female role models from the tech industry, and to highlight current pressing issues and topics related to women in the IT and digital industries date 2021/06/23 press
GAIA-X Harald A. Summa Elected to the Gaia-X Board of Directors Summa one of 24 new Gaia-X AISBL Board Members DE-CIX as a blueprint for other Internet Exchange operators Frankfurt am Main, 15 June 2021 - Harald A. Summa, CEO of DE-CIX, the operator of the world’s leading Internet Exchange in Frankfurt am Main, was one of 24 people elected to the Gaia-X AISBL Board during the... date 2021/06/15 press
Law & Regulation eco Survey Shows: Excessive State Restrictions Could Counteract Player Protection in Online Gambling The gambling market in Germany is in a state of upheaval. Online gambling offers in particular are becoming increasingly popular. Current surveys come to the conclusion that three quarters of the German population have already participated in commercial gambling offers (online and offline). date 2021/06/10 press
Law & Regulation eco on the Amendment to the Law on the Protection of the Constitution The eco Association calls for transparency, clarification and control in dealing with state Trojans: "Recent developments show that one question is becoming increasingly urgent: Who monitors those doing the monitoring?" comments Klaus Landefeld, Vice-Chair of the eco Board. date 2021/06/10 press
Law & Regulation eco Election Barometer: Dissatisfaction with Digital Policy Particularly High in Eastern German States There is a high level of dissatisfaction amongst German citizens when it comes to the federal government’s digital policy: 73 percent of those surveyed in the current “Digital Policy Election Barometer” state that they are not satisfied with the political framework conditions and solutions in any field of digitalisation. date 2021/06/07 press
Security Digital Identities: “Self-Sovereign Identities (SSI) Propelling Digitalisation” Secure digital identities are a key factor for further digitalisation in Europe, a stronger convergence of the Digital Single Market, and more efficient public administration. In this regard, Prof. Norbert Pohlmann, eco Board Member for IT Security, comments on the update of the eIDAS Regulation by the EU Commission. date 2021/06/02 press
GAIA-X Gaia-X Federation Services: First round of specifications completed The project partners, coordinated by the eco Association, have completed the specification of the first four Gaia-X Federation Services. These form the technical basis for the development of a European data infrastructure for the secure digitalisation and networking of different participants. date 2021/05/26 press
E-Mail CSA Digital Email Summit 2021 gathers the best minds in the industry The CSA Digital Email Summit 2021 will once again gather the best minds in the industry online. Year after year, the CSA welcomes advertisers and email and Internet service providers to the CSA Email Summit. For the second year in a row, the internationally renowned, English-language event will take place as an online-only event. date 2021/05/21 press
Law & Regulation eco Association Warns of Consequences of Planned Copyright Reform: Upload Filters Paralyse Exchange on Online Platforms The eco Association expresses sharp criticism of the upcoming German copyright law reform, stating that the expectations regarding a press publishers’ ancillary copyright are illusory, and that the consistent implementation of the value-gap rules will only function by means of upload filters. date 2021/05/19 press
Law & Regulation Telecommuncations Act Amendment in the Bundesrat: “Declaration of bankruptcy for civil rights” With today’s approval of the Telecommunications Modernisation Act, the German Federal Council (Bundesrat) has once again adopted data retention - and the German legislator is once again breaking EU law. date 2021/05/07 press
Law & Regulation Amendment to the German Act for the Protection of the Constitution: eco Warns Against Use of State Trojans The eco Association is highly critical of the fact that the German coalition is apparently ignoring all warnings about the consequences of source telecommunication surveillance and the use of so-called “State Trojans”, and calls for a hearing with digital experts in the Bundestag. date 2021/05/05 press
Law & Regulation “German Ministry for Digitalisation Long Overdue” – eco Association Welcomes Public Administration Discussion Paper The eco Association welcomes a recognition from public administration digital experts of the importance of a Ministry for Digitalisation. Alongside a new level of organisation at government level, eco also calls for the establishment of a digital steering committee in the German Bundestag. date 2021/05/04 press
