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"Germany must do more to protect whistleblowers. For example, anyone who provides information about serious abuses or misconduct in companies, such as corruption or breaches of security regulations, must be better protected in the future", explains Dr Bernhard Rohleder, CEO of Bitkom.

"The final adoption of the Digital Services Act and Digital Markets Act will create a comprehensive digital policy legal framework in Europe and a kind of new basic law for the Internet. The DSA in particular will directly affect many people: In Germany alone, more than 60 million people use the Internet, almost three quarters of them inform themselves about current affairs on the Web, and 95 percent shop online", explains Dr Bernhard Rohleder, CEO of Bitkom.

There is a massive increase in demand for data scientists in the German economy. Currently, data experts are very difficult to find on the job market. Currently, 6 percent of companies state that they employ specialists for data-driven business models. But 15 percent plan to hire such in the future.

Bitkom welcomes the European Commission’s Data Act proposal and its intention to increase the breadth and depth of data usage and innovation within the European Single Market as this will help to fuel the digital transition by offering countless new opportunities to European citizens and businesses.