The long-running e-Privacy Regulation saga continues. On 18
September 2019, the Council of the European Union (the Council)
released proposed amendments to the draft regulation. We take a
look at some of the proposals.
Proposals
The draft e-Privacy Regulation will replace the current
Directive 2002/58/EC to "reinforce trust and security in the
Digital Single Market". It was meant to be introduced
concurrently with GDPR in May 2018. However, it has been subject to
many delays, debates and inter-EU institutional wrangling. The
Council (under its current Finnish presidency) has now proposed
additional changes to the existing draft.
The most eye-catching changes are new obligations regarding
processing of electronic communications data to detect, delete and
report child pornography.
