International guidelines promote data-protection-friendly age-assurance systems – national implementations vary The protection of children and young people in the digital space is increasingly becoming a key political and regulatory issue. Whilst numerous countries...
Politics
Commentary: Border controls are not a step backward for Europe—but a matter of credibility
The European Commission’s criticism of the continued internal border controls may seem understandable from Brussels’ perspective. From the viewpoint of local security authorities, however, it appears increasingly out of touch with reality. Bavaria’s Interior Minister...
Between safety precautions and a culture of alarm: Is lockdown becoming the new norm?
Why the debate on integrated lockdown systems also raises questions of proportionality and social impact At first glance, Euralarm’s new guidelines on the use of fire detection and alarm systems for lockdown scenarios seem reasonable. Buildings are to be prepared for...
Euralarm publishes new guidelines on the use of fire detection and alarm systems during lockdown measures
Euralarm has published new guidance on the use of fire detection and alarm (FD&A) systems to support lockdown and evacuation measures, thereby taking an important step in the further development of safety strategies for various types of hazards across Europe....
Germany – Michael Hüther: “The Black-Red coalition is merely managing this turning point rather than shaping it”
Commentary by Michael Hüther (Director of the German Economic Institute) The federal government is merely scrambling to keep up with the crises. My thoughts on a year of the Black-Red coalition: Rarely has a federal government taken office under more difficult...
Hesse is overhauling its approach to crime prevention
Project P25 focuses on networking, data analysis and efficient structures With the forward-looking Project P25, the Hesse Police is fundamentally realigning its approach to combating crime. Home Secretary Roman Poseck, together with Felix Paschek and Daniel Muth,...
The Displacement of Cash: Constitutional Limits and Their Systemic Significance
A recent legal opinion by Christian Waldhoff of Humboldt University in Berlin analyses the role of cash within the tension between digitalisation, regulation and the protection of fundamental rights. The study concludes that restrictions on the use of cash do not...
TeleTrusT criticises draft CRA implementing legislation
Context: What the Cyber Resilience Act actually changes in the EU The Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) establishes, for the first time, a uniform EU-wide framework that sets out mandatory cybersecurity requirements for hardware and software (‘products with digital...
Germany: TeleTrusT criticises draft CRA implementing legislation
The German Association for IT Security (TeleTrusT) has commented on the draft bill prepared by the Federal Ministry of the Interior and Homeland Affairs for national implementing legislation for the EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) and sees a clear need for improvements....
Commentary: Focus on oil, water in the blind spot
Whilst the West is fixated on oil prices, it overlooks a far more serious reality: the extreme vulnerability of the drinking water supply in the Gulf region. Over 100 million people in the GCC rely on desalination plants – in countries such as Kuwait, this figure...
