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eco on Act for the Protection of the Constitution: Online State searches are coming after all, weakening confidence in digital technologies

The draft law passed today obliges Internet providers and telecommunications companies to cooperate with the German Federal Intelligence Service (BND) and the authorities for the protection of the constitution: In future, companies will be obliged to route “suspicious” data packets to the authorities, who will then subsequently send them on to the actual recipient.

date 2020/10/21

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eco Association on the German Network Enforcement Act: Federal Government Must Improve Legislative Package

Owing to constitutional concerns, German Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has for the moment suspended the drafting of the law on combating right-wing extremism and hate crime. Going back a number of months, eco – Association of the Internet Industry had already expressed considerable constitutional and data protection concerns about the draft law.

date 2020/10/12

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eco on ECJ Rulings: German Federal Government Must Now Finally Repeal German Law on Blanket Data Retention

The eco Association welcomes the fact that the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has remained true to its previous stance on data retention and has delivered a ruling consistent with this. Data retention is only possible, if at all, in very limited exceptional cases.

date 2020/10/06

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Expected ECJ Rulings on Blanket Data Retention: eco Association Warns Against Across-the-Board Digital Surveillance

With its eye on the forthcoming European Court of Justice decision on blanket data retention, the eco Association warns against an obligation to constantly subject private life to surveillance, and thereby hopes for a ruling which favours fundamental rights in Europe.

date 2020/10/05

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Proposal for a Regulation on Preventing the Dissemination...

The scope of the Regulation should be restricted to companies relevant for the Regulation’s objective. These are platforms that facilitate dissemination of content to the public at the direct request of the content provider and have the ability to remove discrete pieces of content.

date 2020/09/21

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Legal Expert Opinions on German Hate Speech Law Confirm Internet Industry Concerns

eco sees a clear confirmation of its own assessment and critical analysis of the draft German law on combating right-wing extremism and hate crime and the Network Enforcement Act (NetzDG).

date 2020/09/17

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Artificial Intelligence: eco Association Cautions Against an Innovation Standstill

This week, the German Bundestag intends to pass a motion on the “Future Technology Artificial Intelligence”, which will include a statement on the European Commission’s AI White Paper. In February of this year, the EU Commission announced stronger regulations in its AI White Paper.  

date 2020/09/09

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eco Criticizes new German Telemedia Act: Legislator misses opportunity to give clear rejection to the blocking of Internet content

On 2 July 2020, the German parliament, the Bundestag, passed a bill to amend the German Telemedia Act (TMG). eco regrets that the legislator did not take the opportunity to finally eliminate the basis for the blocking of Internet content, which creates legal uncertainty for businesses and citizens alike and is not an adequate means of enforcing copyright claims on the Internet.

date 2020/07/22

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AI strategy for companies: Eight steps to digital transformation

For the majority of the companies, what is currently most relevant is a strategy that strengthens their own value creation in the long term.

date 2020/07/22

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eco supports Global Encryption Coalition

The coalition's goal is to promote and defend encryption as a critical technology that helps keep people, their information, and communications private and secure.

date 2020/07/20

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