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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Digitalpolitik Deutschland

eco Opinion: EU Commission on the Notified Security Catalogue

The Bundesnetzagentur (German Federal Network Agency) has issued the draft of a security catalogue. It is intended as a specification of the security requirements for the operation of telecommunications and data processing systems as well as for the processing of personal data. It is to be considered when designing security...

date 2020/11/04

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Networks

eco's Chief Criticisms of the Notified Draft Security Catalogue

eco and its member companies share with the competent authorities the interest in improving and strengthening the IT security of telecommunications networks and services. In the context of the notification procedure, we would like to express our chief criticisms regarding the draft submitted in terms of the compatibility...

date 2020/09/30

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Internationale Netzpolitik

Proposal for a Regulation on Preventing the Dissemination...

The scope of the Regulation should be restricted to companies relevant for the Regulation’s objective. These are platforms that facilitate dissemination of content to the public at the direct request of the content provider and have the ability to remove discrete pieces of content.

date 2020/09/21

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Internationale Netzpolitik

Joint E-Evidence Coalition Letter

e-Evidence needs strong safeguards against inappropriate or abusive cross-border requests for personal data. Any data request should require the explicit validation of a judicial authority from the Member State in which the ISP is based and, from the Member State in which the person whose data is being requested is a resident.

date 2020/09/14

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Policy & Law

Study: "The Internet Industry in Germany 2020-2025"

The eco/ADL study: "The Internet Industry in Germany 2020-2025"

date 2020/09/10

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Policy & Law

Opinion NetzDG Reform 2020

date 2020/04/06

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eco Complaints Office

eco Complaints Office Annual Report 2019

With this annual report, the eco Complaints Office looks back on a labor-intensive year: with 4,654 cases, the office recorded by far the highest number of justified complaints to date. In about 95% of the cases worldwide, it was possible to successfully take action against prohibited content, thus maintaining the office’s...

date 2020/03/31

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Policy & Law

High-Level Transatlantic Dialogue - Report

High-Level Transatlantic Dialogue on the EU-US Privacy Shield–Report eco Association and i2Coalition –High-Level Transatlantic Dialogue on the EU-US Privacy Shield Report on the Roundtable Dialogues in Brussels and Berlin

date 2019/04/24

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eco Complaints Office

eco Complaints Office Annual Report 2017

For about 20 years now, the eco Complaints Office has been fighting successfully against illegal content on the Internet. Our work is based on voluntary cooperation with society as a whole, and its fundament is that of the self-regulation of providers and the engagement of Internet users. From the outset, eco has also cooperated...

date 2018/03/23

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