Following the last EU election, the EU arena has mostly been dominated by political discussions relative to the race to the EU top jobs, i.e. the Presidency of the European Commission, Parliament, Council, the High […]
Ahead of the Telecom Council of ministers which will take place on the 7th of June, the Romanian presidency of the Council has prepared a progress report on the ePrivacy Regulation.The report summarizes the work […]
Despite its initial plan to achieve a general approach of the Council on the ePrivacy File, the Romanian presidency will be presenting a progress report at the Telecom Council on the 7th of June. The […]
Mid April, the Council adopted new rules on copyright, sales contracts for goods and digital content. Member states will now be required to transpose the new Directives into their national law. The European Parliament also […]
On 21 March, the Romanian Presidency announced that a provisional agreement, confirmed the following week by Member States’ ambassadors in COREPER, had been reached in trilogue on the modernisation of EU consumer law. The text of the […]
European Data Protection Board is updating its Opinion 1/2010 on controllers and processors in the view of producing guidelines. EDPB organised a workshop on the 25th March to which FEDMA participated. The EDPB published their […]
The Romanian Presidency of the Council is moving forward with the ePrivacy file. The Telecommunication working group (TELEWG) of the Council has met on the 12th and 14th of March to discuss the file. Now […]
Member states’ ambassadors meeting in the Council’s Permanent Representatives Committee agreed today on the Council’s position on a draft directive which amends four existing EU directives protecting consumers’ interests. The draft directive covers a wide […]
FEDMA gave an interview to Privacy Laws & Business regarding the e-Privacy draft regulation. The Romanian presidency of the EU Council, which hopes to reach agreement on the e-Privacy file at Council within the next […]
Personal data processed for direct marketing purposes relies mostly on “consent” (art. 6a) and “legitimate interest” (art. 6f). However, there is strong tendency in the market to suggest that consent is the only valid legal […]
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