Fair Consumer Contracts Act

Fair Consumer Contracts Act Since August 17, 2021, the Fair Consumer Contracts Act has been adopted, bringing with it a strengthening of consumer rights and correspondingly extended obligations for businesses.While certain new provisions will only come into force at different points of time in 2022, the other amendments...

date 2021/12/01

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5 Questions for Michael Plagge, Eclipse Foundation Europe GmbH

The Eclipse Foundation is an independent, non-profit foundation based in Brussels that provides individuals and organisations with a mature, scalable and business-friendly environment for collaboration and innovation in open-source software.

date 2021/11/30

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Datacenter

eco Alliance on the German Coalition Agreement: Sustainable Digital Infrastructures Require Renewable Energies

For the first time in Germany, we have a coalition agreement which features a close link between the topics of digitalisation and sustainability, with this agreement presented by the SPD, Bündnis 90/The Greens and the FDP on Wednesday, 24 November 2021.

date 2021/11/29

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Webinar: Fair Consumer Contracts Act in the Domain Industry

Since August 2021, the Fair Consumer Contracts Act has been adopted, bringing with it a strengthening of consumer rights and correspondingly extended obligations for businesses. We invite eco members to discuss the Fair Consumer Contracts Act in the context of the Domain Name and Hosting Industry.

date 2021/12/20 placeOnline

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eco Association on the Coalition Agreement: Digitalisation in Germany – Now It Can Start – Clear Commitment to the Digital Awakening

The topic of digitalisation can be found in almost all sections of the coalition agreement, thus duly reflecting the importance of the cross-cutting topic of digitalisation. It is clear that the future German federal government intends on making a digital breakthrough.

date 2021/11/25

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Policy & Law

eco Chair Süme: Having No Ministry for Digitalisation is a Lost Opportunity

Commenting on the coalition agreement presented by the traffic light coalition, eco Chair of the Board Oliver Süme says: “I deeply regret that the traffic light coalition apparently does not want to use the historic momentum for a reorientation of digital policy in Germany.”

date 2021/11/25

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On measures for a high common level of cybersecurity

With the Commission’s presentation for the new NIS-2 directive in December 2020, the debate on the future regulation of cybersecurity within the European Union kicked off. eco contributed to both the Inception Impact Assessment preceding the presentation of the new directive and the Commission’s draft in February 2021.

date 2021/11/25

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Digital Agenda: eco Publishes Top Ten Points for Digital Policy Realignment

The coalition negotiations between the SPD, Bündnis 90/The Greens and FDP are nearing completion. The first known details about the plans for the future direction of digital policy dampen hopes for a strategic realignment that could give new impetus to the digital transformation and Germany as a digital location.

date 2021/11/23

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2021 Gaia-X Summit: Europe Makes the Difference

Democratising national data marketplaces that make everyone winners, not just individuals – one of the focal points at the Gaia-X Summit 2021 was the difference Gaia-X is making with its foundation of European values and standards. Andreas Weiss (eco) presented the results of his work under the congress motto “Here to deliver”.

date 2021/11/23

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Impetus for Secure and Sustainable Digitalisation in the Coalition Negotiations

In the final phase of the coalition negotiations for the deal between the SPD, Bündnis 90/The Greens and the FDP, eco would like to take this opportunity to point out a number of keystones with which the coalition partners can now set the course for Internet and digital policy in Germany.

date 2021/11/23

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