EU Council Releases Draft EPrivacy Regulation

On January 5, 2021, the Council of the European Union released a new draft version of the ePrivacy Regulation. The draft regulation is intended to replace the current ePrivacy Directive since the European Commission approved the first draft ePrivacy Regulation back in January 2017. In fact, this new draft version is the 14th version in the last four years.

If approved, the ePrivacy Regulation will regulate electronic communications service providers who process data of individuals residing in the EU. Such regulations would include rules for (1) collecting user "cookies"; (2) collecting location-related data; (3) unsolicited emails or text messages; and (4) the interception of communications.