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 |
| 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 |
