EU Council still debating e-Privacy Regulation
e-Privacy Regulation is still some time away as the three party Trilogue negotiations between the European Parliament, Commission and the […]
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The future of the ePrivacy Regulation and the impact of Brexit on its application in UK
The European Parliament set out its position on the Regulation in October 2017. However, the Council of the EU, which […]
Mind the overlap between GDPR and ePrivacy
Organisations need to be aware of the overlaps between European data protection and privacy rules, and which takes precedence, a […]
EU Advocate General Issues Opinion on Consent for Cookies and Intersection with the GDPR
On March 21, 2019, Advocate General Szpunar released his opinion in the Planet49 case, currently pending before the Court of […]
e-Privacy breaches can rise GDPR fines
Businesses face higher fines if their processing of personal data is found to breach both the General Data Protection Regulation […]
EDPB clarifies the interaction between the GDPR and ePrivacy Directive
The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) met for their eighth plenary session on 12 and 13 March 2019. On the […]
What happens to ePrivacy under the Romanian presidency?
What chance does the ePrivacy Regulation have of getting anywhere during the first half of this year? As the first […]
New European Electronic Communications Code means the application of the ePrivacy Directive to OTTs
The ePrivacy Directive (formally ‘Directive 2002/58/EC’) establishes specific rules on privacy for the electronic communications sector, such as limiting the […]
EU e-Privacy reforms hit stalemate
EU countries cannot agree on the wording of the planned new e-Privacy Regulation, causing the proposed reforms to be watered […]
EU e-Privacy reforms hit stalemate
EU countries cannot agree on the wording of the planned new e-Privacy Regulation, causing the proposed reforms to be watered […]
CIPL Publishes Legal Note on the ePrivacy Regulation and the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights
On November 12, 2018, the Centre for Information Policy Leadership (“CIPL”) at Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP published a legal note […]
Dangerous loophole to the GDPR in the ePrivacy proposal
Is tracking an essential element of every internet service financed by ads? By allowing service providers to install advertising cookies […]