Policy & Law

Targeted Consultation on the 2030 Digital Compass

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the role and perception of digitalisation in our societies and economies, and accelerated its pace. Digital technologies are now imperative for working, learning, entertaining, socialising, shopping and accessing everything from health services to culture.

date 2021/08/05

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Artificial Intelligence

Position Paper on the Artificial Intelligence Act

Artificial intelligence is at the helm of modern digital politics. The rapid developments in this technology are producing significant advances in different fields of other technology and society. In recent years, the use of artificial intelligence has seen a pronounced uptake by businesses and governments alike.

date 2021/08/05

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Policy & Law

Position Paper on the Data Act

In its strategy for data published in 2020, the European Commission envisioned its concept for a European Data Economy. With its holistic approach towards a competitive and open data economy which also pays close attention to data protection, the European Commission also announced the creation of a new European Data Act.

date 2021/06/28

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Internationale Netzpolitik

Position Paper: Digital Markets Act (DMA)

With the DMA, the EU Commission is creating a complementary regulatory regime defining obligations (do’s and don’ts) for large, systemic online platforms as so-called gatekeepers. The DMA proposes two types of obligations for gatekeepers: more specific and self-executing obligations, and obligations that are more general...

date 2021/05/05

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Policy & Law

STATEMENT on the draft act to amend the German Network Enforcement...

On 26 January 2021, the Federal Republic of Germany submitted a draft act to amend the Network Enforcement Act (Netzwerkdurchsetzungsgesetz, NetzDG) to the European Commission, filed under number 2021/39/D.

date 2021/03/29

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Policy & Law

Position Paper on the draft Directive of cybersecurity (NIS2)

With the NIS Directive and the EU Cybersecurity Act, the European Union created the framework for the legal and institutional design of IT security measures for the EU and its Member States. With regard to the NIS Directive, an expedited review at the beginning of 2020 announced the prospect of a new regulation.

date 2021/02/04

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Internationale Netzpolitik

Statement on the Data Governance Act

Following its appointment in autumn 2019, the EU Commission identified digital policy as a central field of action. The Data Strategy presented by the Commission in spring 2020 set out the key pillars of the Commission’s future data policy.

date 2021/01/21

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Datacenter

Data Centres in Europe – Opportunities for Sustainable...

Are European data centres ready for the climate targets of the EU Green Deal, to strengthen climate and environmental protection through digitalisation? A new study with best practices in the field of energy-efficient data centres formulates technological development potentials as well as policy recommendations.

date 2020/12/21

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Policy & Law

Position Paper on the European Data Protection Board’s...

Following on from the lawsuit in the jurisdiction of the ECJ in the case of the Irish Data Protection Commissioner versus Facebook Ireland and Max Schrems, the EDPB has published a set of recommendations which, from the Board’s perspective, are to be observed when conducting data transfers with third countries.

date 2020/12/18

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data protection

Fact Sheet Blanket Data Retention

Technical background to blanket data protection in Germany is available in the Fact Sheet: What is Traffic Data?

date 2020/12/07

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