09/11/2009 (Agence Europe) - Following on from last week's agreement on the reform of the "Telecoms Package" (EUROPE 10013), there is now no obstacle to the entry into force of the "privacy and electronic communications" directive, the European Data Protection Supervisor stated in a press release published on Monday 9 November. However, although he welcomes the considerable progress on the protection of privacy in the revised ePrivacy directive, Peter Hustinx is also of the opinion that "it is now crucially important to broaden the scope of the security breach provisions to all sectors and further define the procedures for notification". He added: "The new rules must be effectively enforced. I note in particular the emphasis on more effective enforcement of the rules on spyware and cookies. This has special relevance where privacy rights must be protected in relation to so-called targeted advertising". (O.L./transl.fl)