ePrivacy - European Union (EU)

Official Name

The ePrivacy Regulation or ePR for short

Details About the ePrivacy

The bill has been in effect since July 31, 2002.

The ePrivacy Regulation (ePR) is a proposal for the regulation of various privacy-related topics, mostly in relation to electronic communications within the European Union. Its full name is "Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the respect for private life and the protection of personal data in electronic communications and repealing Directive 2002/58/EC (Regulation on Privacy and Electronic Communications)." It would repeal the Privacy and Electronic Communications Directive 2002 (ePrivacy Directive) and would be lex specialis to the General Data Protection Regulation. It would particularize and complement the latter in respect to privacy-related topics. Key fields of the proposed regulation are the confidentiality of communications, privacy controls through electronic consent and browsers, and cookies.

Resources About the ePrivacy:

• Legal statement here 
• A legal perspective here