Position Papers

Position Papers

A position paper is an essay that presents an opinion about an issue with the aim to convince the audience that your opinion is valid and worth listening to.

The following list shows the published papers since the year 2014. Click on the link and you get to know more about the subject.

Date	Topic
05.07.2022	FEDMA position paper on the Data Act
27.06.2022	FEDMA asnwer to the EDPB consultation on the calculation of administrative fines under the GDPR
22.04.2022	FEDMA answer to the EDPB consultation on dark patterns
12.04.2021	FEDMA answer to the Digital Levy public consultation, Link
01.04.2021	FEDMA’s position on the proposal for a Digital Markets Act (DMA), Link
29.03.2021	FEDMA’s position on the proposal for a Digital Services Act (DSA), Link
29.03.2021	FEDMA answer to MEP Voss consultation on GDPR, Link
02.10.2020	FEDMA additional paper for the new Consumer Agenda public consultation, Link
02.10.2020	FEDMA answer to the new Consumer Agenda public consultation, Link
08.09.2020	FEDMA additional paper for the Digital Services Act public consultation, Link
08.09.2020	FEDMA answer to the Digital Serivces Act public consultation, Link
13.07.2020	Joint industry reaction on cookie walls, Link
03.07.2020	Joint industry letter on Apple IOS1 and IDA changes, Link
30.06.2020	FEDMA answers AI consultation, Link
29.06.2020	Joint industry letter to Commissioner Reynders to defend unaddressed mail, Link
14.05.2020	Data marekting and COVID-19 letter, Link
21.04.2020	Joint industry letter on Legitimate interest and EU competitiveness competitive market, Link
26.03.2020	FEDMA updated position paper on Legitimate Interest and the link with a competitive market, Link
26.03.2020	FEDMA response to EDPB draft guidelines 1/2020 on vehicles, Link
20.03.2020	Industry’s amendments on ePrivacy Croatian Presidency proposal for article 8, Link
04.03.2020	Industry’s letter on ePrivacy Croatian Presidency proposal for article 8, Link
28.01.2020	FEDMA’s position on the interpretation of the legitimate interest in the GDPR, Link
17.12.2019	FEDMA’s position on the implementation of the GDPR (to the Council) Link
17.12.2019	Industry letter on ePrivacy addressed to Commissioner Breton, Link
04.11.2019	FEDMA input on Data Subject rights and Legitimate Interest, Link
08.10.2019	FEDMA and 60 organisations letter calling for rethinking the ePrivacy Regulation, Link
04.10.2019	FEDMA position paper on the proposal for representative actions for the protection of the collective interests of consumers, Link
03.10.2019	Joint Industry Letter on the ePrivacy Regulation to the Deputy Permanent Representative of Denmark to the EU, Link
27.05.2019	Joint Industry Letter on Conditionality of access to ad-funded services on consent in the ePrivacy Regulation, Link
09.05.2019	FEDMA position paper on transparency under article 14 of the GDPR, Link
01.03.2019	ePrivacy industry call for impact assessment, Link
03.01.2019	Joint Business Statement in view of the IMCO vote on the proposal on Modernisation of EU Consumer Law, Link
19.12.2018	Recommendations from FEDMA on New Deal for Consumer- EU consumer protection rules: enforcement and modernisation, Link
28.11.2018	Joint industry letter on the ePrivacy Regulation, Link
22.11.2018	FEDMA paper on the Review of the Directive on the Re-Use of Public Sector Information (PSI Directive), Link
15.11.2018	FEDMA amendments on proposal on representative actions for the protection of the collective interests of consumers, Link
13.09.2018	FEDMA and 72 organisations letter on better conditions for the direct marketing industry, Link
30.08.2018	FEDMA paper on the proposal for representative actions for the protection of the collective interests of consumers, Link
30.08.2018	FEDMA paper on our support for ‘adequacy plus’ decision for the UK, Link
30.08.2018	FEDMA paper on the need for legitimate interest, Link
11.07.2018	AIG response to the Austrian presidency questionnaire on Europe’s cultural, media and creative industries and the digital world, Link
22.03.2018	Industry statement on data protection following Brexit, Link
23.02.2018	Advertising industry position paper on Fake News, Link
14.12.2017	Update of FEDMA proposed amendments on the ePrivacy Regulation, Link
11.12.2017	FEDMA position paper on the review of PSI Directive, Link
11.07.2017	FEDMA proposed amendments on the ePrivacy Regulation, Link
27.04.2017	FEDMA input on the Supply of Digital Content Directive, Link
27.04.2017	ICDP statement on building a data economy communication, Link
27.04.2017	FEDMA answer on building a data economy communication, Link
27.04.2017	ICDP Letter on the Digital Content Directive, Link
20.03.2017	FEDMA position paper on the proposed ePrivacy Regulation, Link
14.03.2017	FEDMA input to the article 29 Working party on guidance for data portability under the GDPR, Link
14.03.2017	ICDP co-signed letter on the article 29 Working Party guidance on data portability, Link
14.03.2017	FEDMA additional comment on the proposed Consumer Protection Cooperation Network Regulation, Link
14.03.2017	FEDMA position paper on geoblocking, Link
14.03.2017	FEDMA input to the EDPS opinion on the proposed digital content directive, Link
14.03.2017	ICDP co-signed letter on the ePrivacy Regulation, calling for quality over speed, Link
14.03.2017	FEDMA input to the article 29 Working party on guidance for data protection officer under the GDPR, Link
19.12.2016	ICPD co-signed letter on the review of the ePrivacy Directive, Link
12.12.2016	FEDMA letter to the European Commission on the review of the ePrivacy Directive, Link
04.12.2016	ICDP co-signed letter on the free flow of data initiative to the Council of the European Union , Link
04.12.2017	FEDMA position paper on telemarketing for the review of the ePrivacy Directive, Link
04.12.2016	ICDP co-signed letter on the free flow of data initiative to the European Commission, Link
04.12.2016	FEDMA position paper on the proposed Consumer Protection Cooperation Network Regulation, Link
02.09.2016	Response to public consultation on REFIT on “Public consultation for the Fitness Check of EU consumer and marketing law”; Link
02.09.2016	Annex to “Public consultation for the Fitness Check of EU consumer and marketing law”; Link
10.08.2016	Position paper and amendments regarding “Directive on certain aspects concerning contracts for the supply of digital content”; Link
01.04.2016	Position paper on geoblocking; Link
21.12.2015	Answers to the European consultation on Geo-blocking and other geographically based restrictions when shopping and accessing information in the EU; Link
21.12.2015	Letter on Safe Harbour to Commissioner Jourová; Link
01.12.2015	High-level letter on Data protection, 135 signatories; Link
10.11.2015	Position paper on DSM report; Link
06.10.2015	Press release on Safe Harbour; Link
02.10.2015	Marketing Summit Summary; Link
09.09.2015	Recommendation on the Trilogue meetings on the General Data Protection Regulation; Link
04.07.2015	UN Draft resolution on consumer guidelines; Link
15.06.2015	EU DATA PROTECTION REFORM: INDUSTRY CAUTIOUS ON COUNCIL GENERAL APPROACH; Link
15.06.2015	Press release regarding EU General Data Protection Regulation: “Data Driven Marketing industry cautious on Council General Approach”; Link
27.04.2015	Data protection position glossary; Link
06.01.2015	FEDMA’s answers European consultation on regulatory environment for platforms, online intermediaries, data and cloud computing and the collaborative economy; Link
06.11.2014	FEDMA Letters to the New Commissioners; Link
26.09.2014	FEDMA’s comments to the 2014 revision of the European Commission’s Impact Assessment Guidelines; Link
27.06.2014	FEDMA’s comments to the Article 29 Working Party Opinion 06/2014 on the notion of legitimate interests of the data controller under Article 7 of Directive 95/46/EC; Link

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