Committees

Cybersecurity

Committee work

EuroISPA’s Cybercrime and Cybersecurity Committee enables its members to exchange knowledge about current security challenges and national good practice models. The Committee also works with the European institutions and international organisations to ensure a harmonised framework for digital security in Europe. Our members’ technical expertise and experience can guide policy that protects key network infrastructure and citizens fundamental rights, improving the cooperation between governments and industry and allowing the Internet industry to thrive as an economic enabler.

Key ongoing dossiers

Cross-border access to electronic evidence (E-Evidence Package, Second Additional Protocol to the Budapest Convention, etc.)
Data Retention
Revision of the Network and Information Security Directive (NIS 2 Directive)
Europol Regulation

Data Protection

Committee work

Legal certainty, trust and confidence in the data protection framework are of paramount importance for both businesses and European citizens, in order to meet the aims of the Digital Single Market Strategy and to make Europe competitive in the global markets. EuroISPA believes that European citizens’ personal data should be granted a uniform level of protection, regardless of the geographical location or the economic sector of the service provider. In today’s ever-changing digital environment, data protection rules are reflexive to the emergence of new services such as cloud computing and Artificial Intelligence and must not burden the internet industry with crippling compliance costs.

Key ongoing dossiers

E-Privacy Regulation
Implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

Innovation and Growth

Committee work

EuroISPA’s Innovation and Growth committee brings together various Internet service providers with experience and insights on how to make Europe’s online content framework optimal for the digital age. The development of a virtuous and cross-border online content market in the EU is a key factor for the completion of the Digital Single Market. In the previous years, various legislative interventions have reformed, with different outcomes, the European online content framework in the area of content portability, audiovisual and VoD, rights management, levies, geoblocking and copyright. Amongst them the Copyright Directive reform has been the crux of this Committee’s work in the previous years. Going forward, EuroISPA will closely follow the implementation of the Directive at the national level. EuroISPA is also eager to work with the new Commission about new proposals in the area of online content and audiovisual.

Key ongoing dossiers

Implementation of the EU Copyright Directive
Geoblocking Regulation

Intermediary Liability

Committee work

The EuroISPA Intermediary Liability committee considers the responsibilities of Internet intermediaries in law and practice, the balance of legal obligations and the impact of legal measures in maintaining the balance of responsibilities that allows Europe’s digital economy to thrive, while also supporting effective law enforcement within a framework of respect for fundamental rights in the online environment. As the EU institutions discuss the Digital Services Act, EuroISPA will engage with them to promote innovation-friendly liability protections as the key infrastructural element of the Digital Single Market.

International Affairs

Markets and Services

Committee work

Following the agreement reached on the European Electronic Communications Code in 2019, the Committee is instrumental in allowing our members to exchange information on national developments regarding the implementation of the Code, and the regulatory framework applicable to the sector. This Committee also oversees matters regarding accessibility requirements and the discussions on the Digital Markets Act.

Key ongoing dossiers

National implementation of the European Electronic Communications Code
National implementation of the Accessibility Act
Digital Markets Act

Safer Internet

Committee work

EuroISPA members are at the forefront of efforts to protect children online, and use their practical experience and infrastructure control to assist law enforcement authorities. In addition to cooperating with law enforcement under the Notice and Takedown Mechanism. EuroISPA members are strong supporters of the European network of Internet Hotlines, with four member associations actually managing the national Hotline in their countries. Our members also share bests practices by ISPs for preservation of evidence and policy development with public authorities.

Key dossiers

Digital Services
E-Privacy Directive
Regulation on the detection, removal and reporting of child sexual abuse online
European Commission’s Recommendation on tackling illegal content online and public-private partnerships’

Committee Chairs

The Chairs of the above-mentioned Committees are as follows:

Cybercrime & Cybersecurity – Chair: Andreas Gruber (ISPA Austria)
Data Protection & Privacy – Chair: Oliver Süme (eco)
Innovation & Growth – Chair: Innocenzo Genna (AIIP)
Intermediary liability – Chair: Malcolm Hutty (LINX)
International Affairs – Chair: Malcolm Hutty (LINX)
Markets & Services – Chair: Alexandra Laffitte (FFTélécoms)
Safer Internet – Chair: Asko Metsola (FiCOM)

“As the EU institutions work on the new Digital Services Act, the Intermediary Liability Committee will promote the balance of responsibilities of stakeholders that allows Europe’s digital economy to thrive, while also supporting effective law enforcement within a framework of respect for fundamental rights in the online environment. It will formulate the association’s positions on crucial matters such as the newly codified EU notice and action procedure for hosting providers, the new obligations for platform operators and others, and the apportionment of responsibilities between different classes of intermediary.”

Malcolm Hutty (LINX)Chair of Intermediary Liability and International Affairs Committees

“Following the adoption of the EU Copyright Directive, EuroISPA will continue to closely monitor its implementation at the national level. In addition, the association will keep advocating for the development of a virtuous and cross-border online content market in the EU.”

Innocenzo Genna (AIIP)Chair of Innovation and Growth Committee

“Two years after the entry into application of the GDPR, EuroISPA continues to closely monitor its implementation at the national level. In 2021, the association will continue to constructively engage with policymakers on the proposal for an ePrivacy Regulation, while also providing input on other issues such as the international transfers of data.”

Oliver Süme (eco)Chair of Data Protection and Privacy Committee

“In 2021, the Committee will closely monitor developments in the field of accessibility requirements, as well as the discussions on the newly proposed Digital Markets Act, which will have a profound impact on the way the EU Digital Single Market is structured. We will of course continue to monitor the application of the EECC in the Member States, as well as monitor key evolutions in terms of regulation.”

Alexandra Laffitte (FFTélécoms)Chair of Markets and Services Committee

“In the next year, EuroISPA’s Cybersecurity Committee will keep actively engaging in policy discussions on how to improve cross-border cooperation between law enforcement authorities and service providers while maintaining legal safeguards and fundamental rights, as well as on how to enhance overall digital security in the EU. Our Committee will therefor focus on issues such as the E-Evidence Regulation, the revised NIS Directive, data retention or encryption, and will aim to remain as a main interlocutor in shaping these crucial topics for EU citizens and businesses.”

Andreas Gruber (ISPA Austria)Chair of Cybercrime and Cybersecurity Committee

“2021 will be crucial year for the safety on the internet as the European Commission will be presenting its long-awaited proposal for a Regulation on the detection, removal and reporting of child sexual abuse online. EuroISPA is looking forward to supporting the Commission in this endeavour and our members stand ready to share their expertise and technical knowledge to make of the internet a safer place for all.”

Asko Metsola (FiCom)Chair of Safer Internet Committee

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