Policy & Law

eco Policy Briefing #BTW21: Germany after the Elections...

eco would like to use the Policy Briefing to look back at the election results, and to identify possible coalition options as well as potential policy priorities based on the election results. Furthermore, we would like to take a closer look at digital policy topics and issues for the upcoming legislative term.

date 2021/10/20 placeOnline

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Security

ISD 2021 – Security for an Increasingly Networked World

Two parallel thematic tracks full of presentations, discussions and networking on the topic of cyber security: From 16 to 17 September 2021, over 150 security experts and more than 60 speakers met at the second digital ISD in the event tool talque.

date 2021/09/23

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Domains

eco @ i2Coalition Best Practices Speaker Series: Addressing...

Alexandra Koch-Skiba, Head of eco´s Complaints Office, will speak about Addressing Harmful Content Online at i2Coalition´s Best Practices Speaker Series on October 6th at 11:00AM-12:30PM EST / 3:00PM-4:30PM UTC / 5:00PM-6:30PM CET. Register for free.

date 2021/10/06

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Policy & Law

eco: Europe’s Digital Decade Must Move from Strategy to Action

The European Commission has defined ambitious goals for a digital Europe and, in recent months, has presented initial strategies for achieving these goals, including the Digital Markets Act, the Digital Services Act and the European Green Deal. It is now time to have these strategies and goals converted into concrete political measures.

date 2021/09/16

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IoT

More Safety for IoT Devices: Test Specification for ETSI EN 303 645 Published

The safety test standard ETSI EN 303 645, which was already published in mid-2021, is intended to ensure more uniformity of safety standards for IoT devices, especially on the European market. The test standard is a recommendation to manufacturers and addresses all networked consumer IoT devices, especially in the Smart Home sector.

date 2021/09/14

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Security

German Federal Government Cybersecurity Strategy

Last week, the German Federal Cabinet adopted a new cybersecurity strategy for the next five years. It aims to strengthen the protection and IT security of citizens, companies and critical infrastructures.

date 2021/09/14

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Policy & Law

ECJ Hearing: eco and SpaceNet AG Seeking to Finally Overturn German Blanket Data Retention

With the support of the eco Association, SpaceNet AG wants to finally put an end to blanket data retention. With this in mind, in 2016 the company had already filed a lawsuit against the act at the Administrative Court in Cologne.

date 2021/09/13

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IoT

Digitalisation Enables Climate-Neutral Smart Cities

Digital technologies and services enable high CO2 savings in cities and metropolitan areas. In this way, they make a significant contribution to climate protection and are indispensable on the way to a carbon-neutral city, the Smart City study by eco and Arthur D. Little shows.

date 2021/09/09

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Policy & Law

Fit for 55: For the realization of the EU 2030 climate targets

By 2030, it is planned that the EU’s greenhouse gas emissions will have been reduced by 55 percent compared to 1990. In order to achieve this ambitious goal the EU Commission presented the “Fit for 55” package in July 2021.

date 2021/09/09

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Policy & Law

Internet Policy Election Barometer: Voters Consider Jamaica Coalition to Have Greatest Digital Competence

The current eco Election Barometer sees FDP in the lead on digitalisation, The Greens and CDU/CSU on a par, ahead of SPD, and the Left Party lagging behind. The barometer shows that digital infrastructure, digital public administration and cybersecurity are viewed as the top issues for the next legislative term. eco calls for a Ministry of Digitalisation and focus on broadband roll-out and digital public administration.

date 2021/09/08

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