The General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) will enter into force 25 May 2018, and will provide new general data protection standards. In its draft ePrivacy Regulation of 10 January 2017 (“ePrivacy Regulation”), which includes specific provisions for electronic communications, the European Commission sought to ensure that both sets of rules will enter into force at the same time.
Current legislative status of the ePrivacy Regulation
The European Council published its first revisions to the ePrivacy Regulation (read more on our blog here) on 8 September 2017, and European Data Protection Supervisor Giovanni Buttarelli issued recommendations on specific aspects of the ePrivacy Regulation on 5 October 2017 (read more on our blog here).
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