DigitalEurope

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DIGITALEUROPE is a European trade association that represents the digital technology industry. It is led by the Director General.

The members include 105 major technology companies<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and 41 national trade associations.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=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>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="DigitalEuropeAboutUs">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="CEAMay2012GloablIndustry">Template:Cite news</ref> Based in Brussels, Belgium, DIGITALEUROPE represents over 45,000 companies.<ref name="CEAMay2012GloablIndustry"/>

HistoryEdit

DIGITALEUROPE was formed in 1999 as the European Information and Communications Technology Industry Association (EICTA) by consolidating two former European organisations, 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.

LogosEdit

DIGITALEUROPE 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 positionsEdit

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>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

In anticipation to the publication of Neelie Kroes's Digital Agenda,<ref name="DigitalEuropeMay2010Agenda">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=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.

MembersEdit

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National trade associationsEdit

National Associations	Country
Internet Offensive Österreich	{{#invoke:flag	Austria}}
AGORIA	{{#invoke:flag	Belgium}}
Hrvatska Gospodarska Komora (HGK)	{{#invoke:flag	Croatia}}
Cyprus Information Enterprises Association (CITEA)	{{#invoke:flag	Cyprus}}
Association for Applied Research in IT (AAVIT)	{{#invoke:flag	Czech Republic}}
Dansk Erhverv	Template:DEN
IT Branchen	Template:DEN
DI Digital Template:Dead link	Template:DEN
ITL	{{#invoke:flag	Estonia}}
TIF	{{#invoke:flag	Finland}}
AFNUM	{{#invoke:flag	France}}
Numeum	{{#invoke:flag	France}}
Secimavi	{{#invoke:flag	France}}
BITKOM	Template:GER
ZVEI	Template:GER
SEPE	Template:GRE
IVSZ	{{#invoke:flag	}}
Technology Ireland	{{#invoke:flag	Ireland}}
Anitec-Assinform	{{#invoke:flag	Italy}}
INFOBALT	{{#invoke:flag	Lithuania}}
APSI	{{#invoke:flag	Luxembourg}}
Moldovan Association of ICT Companies	Template:MLD
FIAR	{{#invoke:flag	Netherlands}}
NLdigital	{{#invoke:flag	Netherlands}}
Abelia	{{#invoke:flag	Norway}}
KIGEIT	{{#invoke:flag	Poland}}
PIIT	{{#invoke:flag	Poland}}
ZIPSEE	{{#invoke:flag	Poland}}
AGEFE	{{#invoke:flag	Portugal}}
ANIS	{{#invoke:flag	}}
ITAS	{{#invoke:flag	Slovakia}}
GZS	{{#invoke:flag	Slovenia}}
AMETIC	{{#invoke:flag	Spain}}
Adigital	{{#invoke:flag	Spain}}
Teknikföretagen	{{#invoke:flag	Sweden}}
TechSverige	{{#invoke:flag	Sweden}}
SWICO	Template:SWI
Digital Turkey Platform Template:Webarchive	{{#invoke:flag	Turkey}}
ECID	{{#invoke:flag	Turkey}}
IT UKRAINE	{{#invoke:flag	Ukraine}}
TechUK	Template:GBR

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