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WHD.global – WorldHostingDays 2015

6000 participants from the Hosting sector took up the invitation in 2014 to attend the largest Hosting and Cloud event in the world. Make the most of WHD.global 2015 – an impressive and inspiring industry gathering with insights into the newest trends, product developments and market movements as well as excellent networking...

date 2015/02/06

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52nd ICANN Meeting, Singapore

The 52nd ICANN Meeting will take place from 8 to 12 February 2015 in Singapore in the Raffles City Convention Centre. Meet the eco Names & Numbers Forum! Do you have wishes or feedback for us or questions about eco? That’s great –because that’s why we’re there! Thomas Rickert (GNSO Council & Co-Chair of...

date 2015/02/06

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European Data Privacy Day: eco Demands Unified Data Protection...

On the occasion of the 9th European Data Privacy Day, eco Director of Policy and Law, Oliver Süme, calls on the German Federal Government to actively drive forward the tripartite negotiation on the European General Data Protection Regulation: “Europe needs – at long last – common, harmonized data protection law...

date 2015/01/28

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eco Policy Breakfast: No National Haste for IT Security...

Germany must not take the second step before the first – the parallel legislative processes on IT Security at the national and European level must be closely aligned. This, a central position for eco, was discussed by participants at the first eco Policy Breakfast for 2015 in Berlin last Tuesday morning. Among the around...

date 2015/01/19

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Policy & Law

Free Wi-Fi: Major Unused Potential In Germany

Oliver Süme, eco Director of Policy and Law, on how German liability law inhibits the growth of an indispensable digital sector You know the story – you’re sitting in an airport somewhere in Germany waiting for your plane, and you’d like to make use of the time to surf the Web, write some emails, or stream a video...

date 2015/01/12

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Wi-Fi in Germany: Navigating German Law

German law can be difficult landscape to find your way through. Here, a brief guide to navigating the German laws and exceptions relating to public Wi-Fi, and possible legislative changes. “Störerhaftung” – Third-Party Liability “Störerhaftung” in the German legal system designates the liability according...

date 2015/01/09

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“Multi-Stakeholder is the Model of the Future for Internet...

The US Government announced in March its intention to give up its role as supervisor of the IANA functions. Since then, there has been a world-wide discussion about who the IANA Stewardship should be transferred to. We spoke to Thomas Rickert, eco Director of Names and Numbers and Member of the GNSO Council at ICANN. Mr....

date 2014/12/02

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‘ICANN Should Serve Global Internet Interests’

ICANN’s future duties and responsibilities were discussed during the latest RIPE meeting of Internet Service Providers, network operators and other interested parties. In the light of the upcoming changes, when the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority, IANA, run by ICANN will cease to be supervised by the US, Hans Petter...

date 2014/11/25

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Data Center Wendenstraße – IPHH Internet Port Hamburg...

date 2014/02/26

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.ruhr: First New Geographical Top Level Domain Starts

Numerous further geoTLDs at the starting gates eco advises: Reserve desired address quickly and more than once The Internet became a bit more colorful today, with regiodot GmbH celebrating the launch of the new domain ending .ruhr, the first of the new domain endings with geographical reference to cities or regions. ...

date 2014/01/21

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