Data & Privacy
- Data Act
- Data Governance Act
- ePrivacy Directive
- GDPR
AI & Trust
- Artificial Intelligence Act
Cybersecurity
- Cybersecurity Act
- DORA
- NIS2
Digital Services & Media
- Digital Markets Act
- Digital Services Act
- European Media Freedom Act
ePrivacy Directive
CHAPTER I
Articles 1 — 21
Understanding the ePrivacy Directive
Directive 2002/58/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 July 2002 concerning the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector (Directive on privacy and electronic communications)
12 July 2002. Consolidated text as of 19 December 2009
31 October 2003
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- To ensure an equivalent level of protection of the right to privacy and confidentiality in the EU and to ensure the free movement of personal data, equipment and services in the electronic communication sector (Article 1).
- Providers of publicly available electronic communication services and providers of public communication networks (Article 3)
- Some provisions apply to private and public entities that place on or read information from the users' terminal equipment (Article 5) or engage in direct marketing, e.g., via email (Article 13)
- Prohibition of listening, tapping, storage or other kinds of interception or surveillance of users' communications and the related traffic, without the user's consent or legal authorization (Article 5)
- Requirement to obtain prior consent from users or subscribers for the purpose of direct marketing, with certain exceptions (Article 13)
ePDon StreamLex, what can I find?
Guidance (guidelines, recommendations, etc.) and templates issued by the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) and European Commission relevant to ePD
Legislation (decisions, implementing decisions, implementing regulation, etc.) adopted by the European Commission relevant to ePD
Relevant registers maintained by the EDPB and the European Commission relevant to ePD
Working Party 29 guidelines endorsed by the EDPB as related to ePD
EDPB responses to the European Commission consultations, responses received to the EDPB consultations, press releases, internal documents, annual reports, leaflets and similar information materials and ad hoc statements that do not constitute guidance
European Commission consultations, press releases, internal documents, annual reports, leaflets and similar information materials and ad hoc statements that do not constitute guidance
Draft versions of the EDPB and European Commission guidance or templates (e.g., issued for the purposes of public consultation) and invalidated guidance and templates (e.g., documents superseded by other guidance)
Historical Working Party 29 guidelines not endorsed by the EDPB
Documents issued by the national supervisory authorities
EU and national court judgments