2016 Leaks from the TiSA negotiations held in secrecy (Trade in Services Agreement) indicate that TiSA will foil the EU data protection directive of early 2016. TiSA must come under public monitoring and requires an eventual public vote!
Manfred Reitenspiess
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Manfred Reitenspiess, owner of in4com.de, has provided extensive comments on the greenbook „Digital Platforms“ (Grünbuch „Digitale Plattformen“) as published by the German Government (we had pointed out the opportunity to contribute in „Digital Sovereignty – Participate! Contribute!). The received comments were summarised by the German Ministry of Economy and Energy BMWE. In4com.de comments were cited a number of times and are completely available for download. In a follow-up step (beginning of 2017) a whitebook is to be published as a step toward a German digital agenda. The whitebook shall come up with specific recommendations and calls for action with respect […]
It is no longer a question, but a fact that the Internet is in the car. After discussing a number of useful mobile services in passenger cars, we have to conclude that our digital sovereignty will be lost if we do not take adequate measures.
The ”Greenbook Digital Platforms (Grünbuch Digitale Plattformen)”, published by the German government in May 2016, is a clear proof that digital sovereignty is recognized as a necessary requirement for a successful digital transformation in Germany and Europe. Important issues with particular reference to the use of data, their economic value and the protection of individual users’ rights are explicitly addressed, looking for solution proposals. A call for action is sent to the public (see https://gruenbuch.de.digital/de/kommentieren/ to contribute and participate actively in the ongoing discussion). Resulting recommendations for follow-up actions are planned for 2017.
The growing powers and influence of Internet monopolies during the ongoing digital transformation threatens democratic societies – WE HAVE TO ACT.
We have already shown in Architectures for Secure Internet Services, how decentralization, anonymity, and resilience can help to assure digital sovereignty (the what and why is discussed in more detail in “Digital Sovereignty – What is it?“, “Digital Sovereignty – why we need it“, “Giving up Digital Sovereignty?“). In this report we will introduce two more foundational and necessary architecture principles – object orientation and need-to-know principle. Real World Role Model Offset in the Digital World Living together in our society as well as the functioning of a corporation depend on a clear role model and people acting according to a […]
