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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11701

12 January 2017
Contents Publication in full By article 13 / 24
SECTORAL POLICIES / Digital
Mixed response to rules on protecting private data
Brussels, 11/01/2017 (Agence Europe)

The new rules on personal data protection and electronic communications presented on Tuesday 10 January have provoked a mixed response. It should be pointed out that these rules provide established telecommunication operators with a number of opportunities, whilst providing an improved framework for new services such as Whatsapp.

The general view of industry is that this new regulation is pointless insofar as the EU already has a general regulation on data protection (2016/679). This is, in...

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