The top five contested issues in the EU’s developing ePrivacy Regulation
Many voices and perspectives from consumer groups to industry associations to regulators have weighed in on the terms of the […]
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ePrivacy law would penalise sites who block ad-blockers
Amendments to the ePrivacy regulation will damage the funding models that enable most consumers to access free content and services. […]
EU Parliament ‘cookie’ restrictions worry online media
The European Parliament and groups representing newspapers and magazines are at odds over how new privacy rules will affect the […]
Proposed E-Privacy Regulation In Trilogue Phase
Nearly a year ago, on 10 January 2017, the EU Commission released the proposed ePrivacy Regulation. The tree main areas […]
Council of the EU weighs in on ePrivacy processing
As the Estonian Presidency of the Council of the European Union wraps up this month, it put forward a new […]
ePrivacy: Why ‘prohibition by default’ cannot be an option
Until 1989, Germany was a divided country. East Germany was under communist rule. The powerbase of the communist government was […]
Sippel: ePrivacy reg should ‘abolish surveillance-driven advertising’
The EU General Data Protection Regulation has been a front-and-center issue for privacy pros and businesses for time time now, […]
ePrivacy Regulation: European Parliament says yes to Lauristin report
The European Parliament has approved the amended text of the EU ePrivacy Regulation, a.k.a. the Lauristin Report. What you should […]
The flaws of ePrivacy: Will phones still be allowed to be smart?
What would life be like without smartphones? Hard to imagine in 2017. The European ePrivacy Regulation being debated in the […]
LIBE votes to push Lauristin’s ePrivacy Regulation forward
Members of the European Parliament’s civil liberties committee handed privacy and data protection advocates a big win Thursday when they […]
European Parliament’s LIBE Committee Approves Amended ePrivacy Regulation
On October 19, 2017, the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs narrowly voted to approve an […]
ePrivacy – An Outlook on a New Framework
Electronic devices are no longer a luxury; for most, electronic devices are imperative for daily tasks. We rely on digital technologies […]