The changes to be made to the rules on the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector are a long way from consensus, according to the preliminary results of the public consultation on the directive on privacy published by the European Commission on Thursday 4 August. Civil society, for instance, is in favour of rules for over-the-top operators, whilst the industry has misgivings about this.
Directive 2002/58/EC on privacy governs how providers of electronic communication...