Representatives of the Federal Government and the French Government as well as business and science institutions of both countries have been working together with other European partners on the next generation of a secure data infrastructure for Europe: GAIA-X. This Franco-German project idea was first presented to the public at the Digital Summit in October 2019. Based on use cases from various economic domains and the public sector, representatives from about 300 companies and organisations have designed a technical architecture that guarantees trustworthy data exchange and can form the basis for a comprehensive data ecosystem. The Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) and the French Ministry of Economy and Finance (MINEFI) invite you to the presentation of the first results. Join the virtual LIVE-Talk between Federal Minister of Economic Affairs and Energy Peter Altmaier and French Minister of Economy and Finance Bruno Le Maire.

For the Association of the Internet Industry, the responsibilities and liability for IT security must be regulated in a balanced manner within the framework of the IT-SiG 2.0 and security gaps must be closed quickly: State back-doors and the targeted weakening of encryption are counterproductive for IT security and jeopardise confidence in the use of digital services.

The Association of the Internet Industry welcomes the fact that the judgement has removed ambiguities in the setting of personal cookies and that the handling of data has been regulated uniformly at European level.

eco publishes guidelines on the current reform of the German Network Enforcement Act: The Association of the Internet Industry supports the containment of hate, incitement and right-wing extremism as well as the fight against illegal content on the internet. The controversial law continues to cause fierce debate due to an obligation to surrender passwords as well as a duty to disclosure inventory and usage data by telemedia service providers.

In February 2020, eco expressed several concerns regarding the first draft act. In general, it is questionable whether it makes sense for the legal basis under discussion to be revised in two separate legislative procedures within a few weeks of each other.

The online surveillance by the German Federal Intelligence Service (BND) of non-German nationals when not in Germany is unconstitutional in its current form, the German Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe has decided.

eco – Association of the Internet Industry regards the White Paper on Artificial Intelligence as an extremely important assemblage of the European Commission’s planned measures in the field of artificial intelligence.

eco – Association of the Internet Industry regards a European Data Strategy as a core element of the Digital Single Market and considers it to be an important precondition for the success of digital business models and the economy in Europe.

Datacloud Global is going Borderless! The interim virtual conference will cover some of the most critical and significant issues in our industry as well as provide an online networking environment. The 3-day virtual event will take place between 2-4 June 2020 and include a total of 11 online sessions with each day having its own individual topic, these are; EDGE Computing (2nd June), DataCentre Infrastructure (3rd June) and Finvest (4th June). Join Datacloud Global as industry experts and market leaders bring their insights and industry knowledge you expect at our conferences, directly to you wherever you are!