ePrivacy Directive
What is ePrivacy Directive?
EU Directive 2002/58/EC that regulates the processing of personal data and protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector. The ePrivacy Directive covers cookies, electronic marketing, and confidentiality of communications.
Terms that appear alongside eprivacy directive
Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as eprivacy directive. The number is how many controls name both.
- gdpr 8 shared controls
- consent 7 shared controls
- eprivacy regulation 5 shared controls
- cybersecurity 4 shared controls
- data protection 3 shared controls
- incident reporting 3 shared controls
- due diligence 3 shared controls
- transparency 3 shared controls
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What the standards actually require on eprivacy directive
Requirements naming eprivacy directive across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.
Internet-connected radio equipment that is capable of processing personal data within the meaning of the GDPR, or traffic data or location data within the meaning of the ePrivacy Directive, must build in safeguards protecting users' and subscribers' personal d...
eu-delegated-regulation-eu-2022-30-radio-equipment-cybersecurity::1.2 · Privacy safeguards (RED Article 3(3)(e)) apply to internet-connected equipment that processes personal, traffic or location data →Finnish sectoral acts coordinating with Tietosuojalaki + GDPR. SVTSL (Information Society Code 917/2014 / Sahkoisen viestinnan palveluista annettu laki): regulates electronic communications services + ePrivacy + cookies + electronic marketing.
FiDPA-Sectoral-SVTSL-Cyber2024 · Sectoral Acts - SVTSL (917/2014), Cybersecurity Act 2024, Information Society Code →Georgia DPL sectoral coordination. CONSTITUTION ARTICLE 15: fundamental right to privacy + personal data protection + foundational anchor.
GeDPL-Sectoral-Coordination · Sectoral Coordination - Cybersecurity, Banking, Healthcare, Employment and Telecommunications →Sectoral application of Infotv augmented by Hungarian-specific guidance from NAIH. Direct marketing: requires explicit consent (opt-in) + register of consent + easy opt-out (Hungarian Act CXIX of 1995 on Direct Marketing parallel) + Section 6(5) special e-comm...
HU-INFOTV-Sectoral-Marketing-Cookies-CCTV-Employment-Children · HU Infotv Sectoral - Direct Marketing + Cookies + CCTV + Employment + Children (Hungarian Specifics) →Security Dimension 8 Privacy per X.805 Clause 6.8: Privacy shields what could be inferred by watching activity on the network, for example websites visited by users + their geographic location + the IP addresses and DNS names assigned to devices inside a provi...
X805-Dim8-Privacy-Identification-Network-Activity-Personal-Information-Confidentiality · ITU-T X.805 Security Dimension 8 - Privacy + Identification of Network Activity + Personal Information Confidentiality + Subscriber Anonymity + Pseudonymity + Anti-Tracking + Location Privacy + Data Minimization + GDPR/CCPA Alignment →Sectoral application of Act 90/2018 with Iceland-specific implementing guidance. Employment (Article 38 + Personuvernd Guidance 2017 + 2021 + 2024) - employee monitoring + email + camera + GPS + biometric + medical + drug testing + DNA testing limited;
ICELAND-Act90-Sectoral-Employment-Children-DirectMarketing-AutomatedDecisions-Cookies · Iceland Act 90/2018 - Sectoral - Employment + Children + Direct Marketing + Automated Decisions + Cookies + Cybersecurity →Questions people ask about eprivacy directive
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