Institution or law · ePrivacy Directive Art. 1(1)
ePrivacy Directive
In plain English
The EU law on privacy in electronic communications. It covers the confidentiality of communications, traffic and location data, cookies and similar tracking, and unsolicited marketing by email, text or phone.
What the law says
This Directive provides for the harmonisation of the national provisions required to ensure an equivalent level of protection of fundamental rights and freedoms, and in particular the right to privacy and confidentiality, with respect to the processing of personal data in the electronic communication sector …
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