Examining the EDPS’ Opinion on review of the e-Privacy Directive

Table of contents

• What has the EDPS said in its preliminary Opinion on the review of the e-Privacy Directive?
• How does this compare with the Working Party Opinion 3/2016 on the evaluation and review of the ePrivacy Directive (WP 240)?
• What are the EDPS’ key recommendations?
• What other issues does the EDPS raise?
• How would the proposals dovetail with, in particular, the GDPR and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (EU Charter)?
• What, if anything, should businesses do now?

Article summary

IP & IT analysis: The latest European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) Opinion on the review of the ePrivacy Directive was published on 22 July 2016. Dr Thomas Jansen, partner at DLA Piper, explores the key recommendations and discusses how the proposals relate to other regulations such as the forthcoming EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).