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New standards for networking challenge regulators & digital rights
On 17 October, the European body of telecommunications regulators (BEREC) organised a stakeholder meeting in Brussels, inviting industry, consumers, regulators and citizens’ rights groups to reflect on the BEREC Work Programme 2019.
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15 organisations ask the European Parliament not to weaken net neutrality enforcement
On 27 April 2018, EDRi and 14 other organisations sent a letter to the European Parliament’s rapporteur on the European Electronic Communications Code (EECC), Ms. Pilar del Castillo. Ms. Del Castillo is the parliamentarian in overall charge of negotiating a political agreement on behalf of the European Parliament. We are concerned about how the current […]
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ePrivacy proposal undermined by EU Member States
The discussions on the ePrivacy Regulation continue in the European Union (EU) legislative process. They were on hold for a few weeks because of ongoing negotiations on the European Electronic Communications Code (EECC) – another big “telecoms” file that the Council of the European Union is working on.
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EU data protection watchdogs support stronger ePrivacy legislation
On 10 January 2017, the European Commission (EC) published its long-awaited proposal for an e-Privacy Regulation (ePR) to replace the 2002 e-Privacy Directive (ePD). In April 2017, two Opinions were issued to provide comments and recommendations on how to better safeguard the right to privacy, confidentiality of communications, and the protection of personal data in the […]
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e-Privacy Regulation: Good intentions but a lot of work to do
On 10 January 2017, the European Commission published its long-awaited proposal for an e-Privacy Regulation (Regulation on Privacy and Electronic Communications, ePR) to replace the 2002 e-Privacy Directive (Directive 2002/58/EC, ePD). EU legislation on data protection is divided between general legislation (the 1995 Directive, soon to be replaced by the General Data Protection Regulation) and […]
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