The draft e-Privacy Regulation had a fairly adventurous journey in the last 4 years, following the publication of its first version by the Commission in January 2017. Dozens of versions of the regulation have been prepared during the successive EU presidencies, but no consensus has been reached…
Current status of the e-Privacy legislation in the EU
According to the original ambitious plans, the new e-Privacy Regulation, which would replace Directive no. 2002/58/EC concerning the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector (Directive on privacy and electronic communications), should apply…
Proposal for an e-Privacy Regulation
Obviously, in the past period, the GDPR (the new EU Data Protection Regulation) was the focus of data protection news. However, in the shadow of the GDPR, a draft e-Privacy Regulation was also issued in January 2017, which, if adopted, would replace Directive no. 2002/58/EC concerning the processing…