Mind that Bitkom claims to represent German IT companies, but its leading members are (among others) Google (Google Commerce Limited, Google Germany GmbH), Face

Mind that Bitkom claims to represent German IT companies, but its leading members are (among others) Google (Google Commerce Limited, Google Germany GmbH), Facebook Germany GmbH, Microsoft (Microsoft Deutschland GmbH, Microsoft Ireland Operations Limited, LinkedIn Germany GmbH) https://www.bitkom.org/Bitkom/Mitgliedschaft/Mitgliederliste https://www.bitkom.org/Bitkom/Mitgliedschaft/Mitgliederliste The board (Präsidium) includes the CEO of Microsoft Germany, IBM, Heweltt-Packard, Samsung as well as SAP (they are at least German), Vodafone, Deutsche Telekom, etc. https://www.bitkom.org/Bitkom/Organisation/Praesidium https://www.bitkom.org/Bitkom/Organisation/Praesidium Bitkom is know to promote weak privacy rules and big data analysis.