Electronic Privacy Directive Now in Force

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Electronic Privacy Directive Now in Force

Contents

1. Introducing the Electronic Privacy Directive

2. The Essentials

3. Case Study

4. Other Data Privacy News

1. Introducing the Electronic Privacy Directive

This Bulletin focuses on the new Electronic Privacy Directive (the

Directive for the Protection of Personal Data and Privacy in the

E-Communications Sector - 2002/58/EC ). This was adopted by the European

Council on 25 June 2002 and has just come into force1; Member

States must implement its provisions into their national laws before 31

October 2003. A copy of the Electronic Privacy Directive can be found here.

As part of the harmonising, European legislative tide, the Electronic

Privacy Directive is aimed at bolstering data protection in the electronic

communications sphere and replaces the Telecoms Directive2 in

its entirety, while complementing and building upon the Data Protection

Directive3. The new Directive also introduces protection for

subscribers to electr...

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