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regulation of EN-mail services in the Internal Affairs Committee with minor amendments accepted

Today reported in the Bundestag. , "Internal Affairs Committee gives green light for law on" Control of De-mail services " The internal committee is the way to establish the legislative framework for the" introduction trusted De-mail services on the Internet "free made. With the voices of the majority coalition of CDU / CSU and FDP the endorsement of a bill on Wednesday by the Federal Government ( 17/3630 ) in a modified version. The Bundestag plenary address on Thursday will conclude with the legislation.

As the government explained in the template will be introduced with the de-mail services a reliable and protected infrastructure, "which combines the advantages of the e-mail security and privacy". De-mail services allow accredited service provider reported to the electronic commerce secure communications solutions in which the participants of the confidentiality of their communications and the identity of their communication partners can be reasonably certain. " Moreover, the possibilities would be enhanced to prove the authenticity of declarations of intent in electronic business processes and deliver statements to be detected.

The bill to be introduced include an accreditation process for providers of De-mail services as well as oversight of the accredited service provider, and also determines the required services for a De-mail offering. For instance, increasing as the service provider can only be accredited, who "in the design and operation of the De-mail services, the Data Protection Act Requirements "and including a" suitable financial guarantee shall take to comply with its legal obligations to compensate the damage ".

also took a majority coalition with the Home Affairs Committee tabled an amendment to the coalition of the Draft. Then to be examined, including through an evaluation and whether "statutory adjustments in view of the mutual recognition of communication via de mail between consumers and businesses" are necessary.

The CDU / CSU parliamentary group appreciated the presentation as a good and tailored to the consumer law De-mail to a bulk process could be let. It pointed out that there should be at a so-called de-mail transport encryption of the data. Anyone who wants to can, optionally also use an "end-to-end encryption," which is for the user, however, associated with higher costs. Also, the FDP parliamentary group said if a user wants an end-to-end encryption, "go along".

The SPD group doubted that the project will see de-mail with the law sufficiently consumer uptake. Even on a expert consultation on the draft experts had seen the convenience critical. The Group The Left has raised the question, why was not elected by an end-to-end encryption, the highest safety standards, but instead, the second highest. The Alliance 90/The Greens warned in this connection an acceptance problem for De-Mail. "