The digitisation of German society, industry and education has been an ongoing discussion, with the pandemic highlighting areas for development, such as digital public services. During the crisis, funding of 100 million euros was provided for the rapid development of infrastructure and the expansion of digital education. However, there is also a wariness of digital economies: they’re difficult to control or oversee, and while the digital economy offers much for free, there is the fear that you actually pay with your private data.
This wariness is completely understandable. In the past, it was easy for many businesses to turn a blind eye to privacy issues, and even in the wake of GDPR, in some parts of Europe, it was business as usual. But not in Germany. And not at UNIwise.