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Criminal Online Trade: “Current draft law places every platform on the Internet under general suspicion”

In future, the German federal government wants to take tougher action against operators of criminal trading platforms on the Internet. To this end, the cabinet will discuss a corresponding draft of the Federal Ministry of Justice, which is to amend the German Criminal Code and the Code of Criminal Procedure accordingly.

date 2021/02/10

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eco on German IT Security Act 2.0: Premature National Regulation Poses High Risk for Companies and Private Users

The Association of the Internet Industry appeals to policy-makers to reset the timing for the deliberations on the German IT Security Act 2.0 and to await further developments at European level.

date 2020/12/11

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German BND Act: eco Warns About Major Expansion of Espionage Practices

The German Chancellery has presented a draft of what is termed as the BND Act. According to the draft, the German Federal Intelligence Service (BND) is to be given permission to hack providers abroad in order to obtain inventory, traffic and content data. eco – Association of the Internet Industry sharply criticises this initiative and has delivered a statement on the draft act.

date 2020/12/08

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The Fight Against Terrorism Should Not Happen at the Expense of the Security of All

Plans of the EU States to expand digital surveillance in the wake of the recent terrorist attack in Vienna trigger concerns for eco – Association of the Internet Industry.

date 2020/11/12

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eco on ePrivacy Regulation: German Proposal as Severe Setback for Digitalisation

Last week, the German EU Presidency presented a proposal on the ePrivacy Regulation, with a decision possibly to be made tomorrow by the Telecommunications Working Group. For eco, the proposal is a significant step backwards for digitalisation.

date 2020/11/11

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Roundtable: Security Update - EU Cybersecurity Regulation...

As digitalization is becoming ever more critical to the functioning of societies so is the security of services, products and networks. This development has given rise to the debate on how IT security is to be governed.

date 2020/11/26 placeOnline

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eco Opinion: EU Commission on the Notified Security Catalogue

The Bundesnetzagentur (German Federal Network Agency) has issued the draft of a security catalogue. It is intended as a specification of the security requirements for the operation of telecommunications and data processing systems as well as for the processing of personal data. It is to be considered when designing security...

date 2020/11/04

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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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