Free, Open Source Software (FOSS) has been playing an increasingly important role in the economy for decades, especially in the context of companies that offer digital services. For example, the… Read More »Free software in Administrations
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has been in force in the European Union, Iceland, Lichtenstein and Norway for more than 4 years. Since then, this regulation has set a… Read More »European Courts increasingly insist on Compliance with the GDPR
Our daily life in the digital space is determined by American and increasingly Asian companies and platforms. So what about European digital independence and European sovereignty? Do we need more… Read More »European Digital Sovereignty
On 11 May this year, the European Commission published a draft law “on the protection of children”. In fact, behind this vague wording lies the plan to make internet platforms… Read More »EU Chat-Control & Upload-Filter
We specify open standards for public IT projects. Development orders are usually requested as open source, the corresponding software is principally made public. Coalition Agreement, 24.11.2021, p. 15 The new… Read More »Habemus Coalition Agreement: The New German Government and Open Source
Privacy is generally perceived as a problem on individual level, although it has an important, often neglected social component. We highlight the central issues and how they can be solved.
On September 26, 2021, a new Bundestag (German Federal Parliament) will be elected for the 20th time since the founding of the Federal Republic of Germany. Regardless of the outcome… Read More »Microtargeting: Influence on democratic elections
Surely, everyone has already heard the term “Web(site) Analytics” or a similar adaptation. And of course, it is obvious that in today’s world, we stumble upon analytics techniques at every… Read More »Privacy Respecting Analytics
What is state surveillance? Can it endanger democracies? How does it affect our lives and thinking, and is it even purposeful? We have already talked about the tracking and analysis… Read More »State Surveillance
The beginnings of the Internet date back to the 1960s. With its development, the application possibilities multiplied, but so has the number of users. More and more users around the… Read More »Green Internet
