DigitalEurope

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DigitalEurope (stylized as DIGITALEUROPE) is a European trade association located in Brussels, Belgium, that represents the information technology industry.

Members include 120 technology companies<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and 41 national trade associations.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> It seeks to ensure industry participation in the development and implementation of EU policies" and has several working groups that focus on different aspects of policy—environment, trade, technical and regulatory and the digital economy.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="DigitalEuropeAboutUs">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="CEAMay2012GloablIndustry">Template:Cite news</ref>

History

The organization was founded in 1999 as the European Information and Communications Technology Industry Association (EICTA) by consolidating two former European organizations, ECTEL and EUROBIT, which represented the information and telecommunications industries.<ref name="EBUMarch2009Rebrand">Template:Cite news</ref> EICTA expanded its scope to include the consumer electronics industry; on October 1, 2001, the association merged with the European Association of Consumer Electronics Manufacturers (EACEM). The new joint association changed its name to the European Information, Communications and Consumer Electronics Technology Industry Association (but kept its original acronym, EICTA).<ref name="DVBOctober2001EICTA">Template:Cite news</ref>

On March 12, 2009, EICTA rebranded as DIGITALEUROPE.<ref name="EBUMarch2009Rebrand" /><ref name="DigitalEuropeStatutesPDF">Template:Cite news</ref> Overtime, its membership has expanded to include vertical industries such as healthcare, finance and manufacturing.

Logos

It previously developed the industry standards related to high-definition televisions.

On September 5, 2014, DIGITALEUROPE released an Ultra HD TV logo to certify companies that meet their technical requirements.<ref name="DigitalEuropeSeptember2014Press">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="DTGSeptember2014Logo">Template:Cite news</ref> The technical requirements for the Ultra HD logo is that the display must have a resolution of at least 3840×2160, a video signal path that does not reduce the resolution, a minimum color space of Rec. 709, and HDMI input that supports HDCP 2.2 content protection.<ref name="DigitalEuropeSeptember2014Technical">Template:Cite news</ref>

Policy positions

In November 2014, it published a paper called "Law Enforcement Access to Data in the European Cloud" that asks the European Commission to "consider filing an amicus brief" with a U.S. appellate court regarding Microsoft's legal challenge of a U.S. warrant for a Microsoft user's private emails. As DIGITALEUROPE sees it, the fact that the data requested is stored on servers located in Dublin, Ireland, means that U.S. authorities should use mutual legal assistance treaties rather than strong-arming a U.S. multinational, which raises concerns about national sovereignty.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

In anticipation to the publication of Neelie Kroes's Digital Agenda,<ref name="DigitalEuropeMay2010Agenda">Template:Cite web</ref> DigitalEurope released a paper in May 2010 about Europe's digital future which was called A Transformational Agenda for the Digital Age DigitalEurope's Vision 2020.

Members

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National trade associations

National Associations Country
Internet Offensive Österreich Template:AUT
AGORIA Template:BEL
Hrvatska Gospodarska Komora (HGK) Template:HRV
Cyprus Information Enterprises Association (CITEA) Template:CYP
Association for Applied Research in IT (AAVIT) Template:CZE
Dansk Erhverv Template:DEN
IT Branchen Template:DEN
DI DigitalTemplate:Dead link Template:DEN
ITL Template:EST
TIF Template:FIN
AFNUM Template:FRA
Numeum Template:FRA
Secimavi Template:FRA
BITKOM Template:GER
ZVEI Template:GER
SEPE Template:GRE
IVSZ Template:HUN
Technology Ireland Template:IRL
Anitec-Assinform Template:ITA
INFOBALT Template:LTU
APSI Template:LUX
Moldovan Association of ICT Companies Template:MLD
FIAR Template:NLD
NLdigital Template:NLD
Abelia Template:NOR
KIGEIT Template:POL
PIIT Template:POL
ZIPSEE Template:POL
AGEFE Template:PRT
ANIS Template:ROU
ITAS Template:SVK
GZS Template:SVN
AMETIC Template:ESP
Adigital Template:ESP
Teknikföretagen Template:SWE
TechSverige Template:SWE
SWICO Template:SWI
Digital Turkey Platform Template:Webarchive Template:TUR
ECID Template:TUR
IT UKRAINE Template:UKR
TechUK Template:GBR

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