About the e-Privacy Regulation (Withdrawn)

Full name: Proposal for a 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)

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Type: Regulation

Objective and key elements:

• Updating the current ePrivacy legislation (mainly legislation related to the current e-Privacy Directive) to align with the rules set out in the GDPR and being better adapted to the digital evolvement of services.
• Protect the privacy of online users by standardising the privacy controls of electronic communications service providers who gather and manage data of online users residing in the EU
• Protect users against unsolicited electronic correspondence by new-age electronic communication corporations
• Complements the GDPR with respect to electronic communications data that qualifies as personal data

Relevant to: Providers of electronic communications services, website, and app operators and other companies (companies related to direct marketing in particular)

Status: Withdrawn.

Guidance:

• Opinion 04/2012 on Cookie Consent Exemption
• Guidelines 2/2023 on Technical Scope of Art. 5(3) of ePrivacy Directive

(Last updated 12 February 2025)