Eprivacy Regulation: New Study Published By The Italian Institute For Privacy And Data Valorisation For Possible Changes To EC Proposal

Brussels, 21 March 2018 – On January 10th, 2017, the European Commission published its proposed Regulation on Privacy and Electronic Communications (ePrivacy Regulation, hereinafter "ePR" or "Proposal")¹ which, once approved, will repeal and replace the current Directive 2002/58/EC (the so-called "ePrivacy Directive").

One of the biggest changes introduced by the Proposal is to extend the scope of application of the ePrivacy Directive to so-called "Over-The-Top" service providers (hereinafter, "OTTs"). Considering the evolution of digital communications services, the European Commission wants to harmonize the regulation of these services with the regulation initially reserved to "traditional" communications services.