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eco Alliance presents approaches for sustainable digitalisation on international platform of Hasso Plattner Institute

Sustainability experts from all over the world will present ideas and solutions for a more climate-friendly digitalisation with reduced energy consumption on the Hasso Plattner Institute (HPI) virtual “clean-IT Forum”.

date 2021/03/31

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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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Study: 100 Top Decision-Makers Attest to Cologne’s Digital Resilience in the Area of Mobile Working

A study published this month by the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology shows that digital resilience in Cologne is high, but varies greatly across sectors. Supply chains, for example, are described by 82 percent of decision-makers as being efficient even in the pandemic.

date 2021/03/29

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eco

5 Questions for Sebastian Janus, Scaleuplab.io

Scaleuplab is a leading consultancy for startups and scale-ups in Germany and a member company of the eco Association. In a short interview, Sebastian Janus reveals more about the company, how it is dealing with current challenges, and highlights his expectations of the eco membership.

date 2021/03/26

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Position Paper: Digital Services Act (DSA)

With its proposal for a Digital Services Act, the European Commission on 15 December 2020 published the long-awaited update to the Directive on electronic commerce, known as the E-Commerce Directive, adopted in 2000.

date 2021/03/25

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eco Complaints Office Annual Report 2020 Online Presentation

Präsentation des Jahresberichts 2020: Transparenz schafft Vertrauen. Deshalb berichtet die eco Beschwerdestelle seit vielen Jahren transparent über ihre Arbeitsweise und ihre Erfolge im Kampf gegen illegale Inhalte im Internet. Auch für das Jahr 2020 haben wir einen unabhängigen Bericht...

date 2021/04/13 placeOnline

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Policy & Law

Identification Obligation for Messengers: eco Warns of Backdoors in the Legislative Process

In the amendment of the German Telecommunications Act (TKG), the Federal Ministry of the Interior (BMI) is calling for last-minute modifications, with these set to have far-reaching consequences for all Internet users. In eco’s view, such a regulation would lead to a further undermining of the trustworthiness and integrity of communication on the Internet.

date 2021/03/22

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Trust in the Cloud: How Data Centres Minimise Risks

Users of cloud services and digital ecosystems such as GAIA-X expect maximum data availability. The data centre business is a matter of trust, and that starts in Europe's data centres. Standards and certificates such as EN50600 and the Data Center Star Audit stand for security and availability of data, says eco data center expert Gerd Simon in interview.

date 2021/03/19

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date 2021/03/19

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How a Digital Ecosystem Can Come Full Circle

Promoting women in tech should not be about fixing women – it means fixing structures in a way that will benefit everyone, reports Lucia Falkenberg from eco.

date 2021/03/17

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