Contents
- 1. Introducing the Electronic Privacy Directive
- 2. The Essentials
- 3. Case Study
- 4. Other Data Privacy News
1. Introducing the Electronic Privacy Directive
This Bulletin focuses on the new Electronic Privacy Directive (the
Directive for the Protection of Personal Data and Privacy in the
E-Communications Sector – 2002/58/EC ). This was adopted by the European
Council on 25 June 2002 and has just come into force1; Member
States must implement its provisions into their national laws before 31
October 2003. A copy of the Electronic Privacy Directive can be found here.
As part of the harmonising, European legislative tide, the Electronic
Privacy Directive is aimed at bolstering data protection in the electronic
communications sphere and replaces the Telecoms Directive2 in
its entirety, while complementing and building upon the Data Protection
