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ePrivacy Regulation

What is ePrivacy Regulation?

A proposed EU regulation that will replace the ePrivacy Directive, governing electronic communications privacy including cookies, direct marketing, and metadata processing.

Privacy and Data Protection

Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as eprivacy regulation. The number is how many controls name both.

What the standards actually require on eprivacy regulation

Requirements naming eprivacy regulation across 5 standards, quoted from the control text.

The European Commission has WITHDRAWN the proposed ePrivacy Regulation in February 2025 as part of its 2025 work-programme prioritisation. Negotiations on the proposal (COM(2017) 10 final and successor texts) had been stalled in Council for years;

ePD-Status.eRegWithdrawn · Status: proposed ePrivacy Regulation withdrawn (February 2025)

Greece Law 4624/2019 crosswalk to adjacent EU + Member State frameworks. EU GDPR + LEDP: Law 4624/2019 transposes/implements both directly; Greek-specific provisions supplement + do not override GDPR core.

GR-DPA-Crosswalk-EU-Adjacent-MemberStates · Greece Law 4624/2019 Crosswalk to GDPR, LEDP, EU Adjacent Frameworks and Member State Implementations

Luxembourg LDP Multilingual Information and Communication Obligations + Electronic Marketing and Cookies. Luxembourg requires privacy notices and communications with data subjects in: (a) Luxembourg's three official languages (Luxembourgish + French + German);...

LU-LDP-Multilingual-Information-Communication-Marketing-Cookies-Direct-LU-DPA-Multilingual-Marketing · Luxembourg LDP Multilingual + Marketing + Cookies + Multilingual Information Communication

Questions people ask about eprivacy regulation

What is ePrivacy Regulation?
A proposed EU regulation that will replace the ePrivacy Directive, governing electronic communications privacy including cookies, direct marketing, and metadata processing.
Why is ePrivacy Regulation important for compliance?
ePrivacy Regulation is a key concept in Privacy and Data Protection. Understanding eprivacy regulation helps organizations meet regulatory requirements, reduce risk, and demonstrate due diligence during audits. Our compliance platform maps 686 frameworks with 311K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address ePrivacy Regulation?
ePrivacy Regulation appears in the requirement text of EU ePrivacy Directive (2002/58/EC), Greece Law 4624/2019 - Hellenic Data Protection Authority (HDPA) Implementation Act, Italy Personal Data Protection Code (Legislative Decree No. 196/2003, amended 2018), ITU-T X.805 - Security Architecture for End-to-End Communications, Luxembourg Law of 1 August 2018 on Data Protection (GDPR Implementation). Across these standards we have identified 7 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about ePrivacy Regulation?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how eprivacy regulation applies across different standards and regulations. Our implementation guides provide step-by-step guidance, and the compliance platform offers AI-powered analysis of how this concept maps across 686 frameworks.

See how ePrivacy Regulation applies across compliance frameworks

Our platform maps 686 frameworks with 311K cross-framework control mappings. Explore how this concept is addressed across standards.

Written and maintained by Gerard Blokdyk, The Art of Service.