Policy & Law

eco Position Paper: Digital Policy 2024-2029

This year the Member States will hold elections to the European Parliament. For this new Parliament and the subsequently appointed new European Commission there is a number of pressing political challenges to navigate. eco is contributing to the ongoing debates on European level and wants to emphasize the discussions on...

date 2024/05/07

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Policy & Law

Call for Evidence Report on the General Data Protection...

With the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) having been published in 2016 a reporting mechanism has been established, requiring the Commission to evaluate the GDPR every four years.

date 2024/02/08

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Policy & Law

On the Establishment of a Rating Scheme for Data Centres

With the new Energy Efficiency Directive (EED) the EU aims to increase energy efficiency across the EU in order to contribute to the achievement of a 55% reduction of Green House Gas emissions by 2030, and ultimately the carbon neutrality of the EU by 2050.

date 2024/01/15

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Domains

ICANN78 Readout on Highlights and Insights from the Annual...

On 7 November 2023, eco – Association of the Internet Industry and ICANN – Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers held a joint ICANN78 readout to summarise and discuss selected topics from the Annual General Meeting (25th) which took place in Hamburg, Germany from 21 to 26 October 2023. Speakers from different...

date 2023/11/30

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NIS2 Article 28 Impact on DNS Industry

Domains

Workshop Report: The Impact of the NIS2 Directive’s Article...

Deepen your understanding of the impact of the NIS2 Directive on the DNS industry and gain an overview of the issues involved in its transposition.

date 2023/11/28

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Networks

On the Cyber Resilience Act

With both the Council and the Parliament having cleared the way for trilogue negotiations on the Cyber Resilience Act on 19 July 2023, the proposed Regulation of cybersecurity requirements for networked products is now at the helm of the debate on increasing the level of safety products and services for customers and networks.

date 2023/11/22

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eco Complaints Office

Depictions of Abuse Factsheet

date 2023/11/16

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Artificial Intelligence

Position Paper for the Handling of Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence – AI is fundamentally changing our society, economy and science. In recent years, AI systems have been significantly developed in many areas, enabling their use in more and more application scenarios in everyday life and business. It can be assumed that this trend will intensify even further.

date 2023/09/26

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eco Complaints Office

eco’s key aspects concerning the CSAM Regulation

On 11 May 2022, the EU Commission published its proposal for the CSAM Regulation calling for a variety of new provisions for providers of online services, the designation of so-called “Coordinating Authorities” in the Member States and the establishment of a European Centre to prevent and combat child sexual abuse.

date 2023/07/24

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Artificial Intelligence

eco Position Paper on the Artificial Intelligence Act

With the AI Act, the EU wants to create the world’s first comprehensive legal framework for the regulation of AI systems. The Commission is following a risk-based approach in its draft published in 2021. This means that the requirements for AI systems should be proportionate to the risk in the respective areas of application.

date 2023/07/07

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