Final push needed for a strong ePrivacy Regulation

Today EDRi and 17 civil rights organisations reiterate our support for the much-needed efforts to upgrade Europe’s ePrivacy legislation.

Almost five years after the ePrivacy Regulation was proposed, Big Tech has increased its dominance in the online advertising industry, to the detriment of both publishers and the privacy of Europeans. Furthermore, news such as the recent Pegasus Project revelations have evidenced the need to mandate privacy by design and by default for all, or there will be no privacy for anyone.

This scandal and many others also confirm that a successful outcome of the ePrivacy trilogue negotiations must strengthen fundamental rights and the rule of law against potential unlawful interference with the private communications of Europeans.

We call on the Slovenian Presidency, the EP Rapporteur, and their counterparts to conclude the trilogue negotiations on this ever-important reform.