Blanket data retention is disproportionate and incompatible with EU law. The Association of the Internet Industry welcomes the fact that the Advocate General is upholding the judgment of the European Court of Justice (EUCJ) against general and indiscriminate blanket data retention.

In order for successful digital transformation and adaptation of important key technologies such as AI to take place, the Internet industry needs political backing. In 2019, the eco Association actively participated in numerous digital policy debates at German national and European level on topics such as AI, 5G, copyright law, blanket data retention, and the importance of digital infrastructures.

New Ethics Compendium as Internet industry contribution to the debate on digital ethics .

eco Chair of the Board Oliver J. Süme assesses the current plans for an obligation to notify for the operators of social networks critically, seeing them as being insufficiently thought through.