Policy & Law

eco – Association of the Internet Industry on NIS-2: Late Start, Now Critical – Germany Must Create Trust and Clarity

A late start, but on the home stretch: Germany has managed the long run-up and will finally adapt the important NIS-2 implementation. The second stage of the EU infringement procedure hung over Berlin like a sword of Damocles for a long time; but now there is finally movement in the legislative backlog on cybersecurity.

date 2025/11/12

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Policy & Law

eco Managing Director Rabe Re-nominated as DSC Advisory Board Member by the German Bundestag

Today, eco Managing Director Alexander Rabe was once again nominated by a majority vote of the German Bundestag as a member of the Advisory Board of the Digital Services Coordinator (DSC) at the Federal Network Agency.

date 2025/10/16

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Domains

Email Security and Digital Sovereignty: Opportunities through...

  19 November 2025 Starts at 6:00 p.m. (Admission from 5:30 p.m.) Email Security and Digital Sovereignty: Opportunities through your own Domains and Top-Level Domains ICANN Org, IPB Internet Provider Berlin & eco – Association of the Internet Industry invite you to a panel discussion on Wednesday,...

date 2025/11/19 placeBerlin

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Policy & Law

eco Association of the Internet Industry Signs Open Letter to British Home Secretary for the Protection of End-to-End Encryption

Together with 192 other organisations, including Mozilla, Proton, WhatsApp and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), eco Association has signed an open letter to the British Home Secretary, Yvette Cooper.

date 2025/02/17

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Policy & Law

Association of the Internet Industry Warns Against Unconstitutional Surveillance: Union Calls for Massive Expansion of Security Powers

eco sharply criticizes the extensive surveillance demands of the CDU/CSU. In response to today’s government statement by Chancellor Olaf Scholz, the Union is calling for aspects such as data retention.

date 2025/01/29

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Policy & Law

NIS2 Hearing: eco Calls for Swift Implementation to Strengthen Cybersecurity in Germany

Today, the German Bundestag’s Committee on Internal Affairs and Home Affairs is dealing with the outstanding issues regarding the implementation of the NIS2 Directive, whose deadline for national transposition already expired on October 17, 2024. eco Association is urging for a swift adoption of the law.

date 2024/11/04

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Policy & Law

Quick Freeze Instead of Data Retention: eco Welcomes New Initiative by the Traffic Light Coalition

The eco – Association of the Internet Industry welcomes the progress and the renewed attempt to find a solution that is sustainable under constitutional and European law.

date 2024/10/18

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Artificial Intelligence

eco Association on the AI Act: EU and Germany Must Not Repeat Mistakes of GDPR

Based on the latest developments, Germany is expected to approve the current draft of the AI Act this coming Friday. eco Association advocates for a real-world transposition and EU-wide standardised criteria in dealing with AI systems.

date 2024/01/31

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eco Survey: Every Second Person Wants to Use E-Prescriptions Digitally

Since the beginning of the year, doctors have been obliged to issue e-prescriptions that can be redeemed in pharmacies using an app or the electronic health card (eGK). The majority of Germans (53.7 per cent) welcome this and say they would like to use e-prescriptions digitally in the future.

date 2024/01/11

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Artificial Intelligence

42 Per Cent of Germans Still Sceptical Regarding the Benefits of Artificial Intelligence

AI is a key technology of the future with a wide range of possible applications and the potential to transform the economy, science and society. Nevertheless, there are still major reservations about AI-based technologies in large parts of the German population, as displayed through an eco/Civey survey. eco calls for a broad debate in order to boost societal acceptance.

date 2023/11/13

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