On Tuesday 6 October, the Telecommunications Working Group of the EU Council re-examined the proposal for an interim regulation allowing online communication services to derogate from the privacy rules contained in the ‘e-Privacy’ Directive. The EU-27 were invited to vote on three working options submitted by the German Presidency.
As a reminder, this proposal, presented on 10 September, aims to counter the effects of the new Electronic Communications Code(see EUROPE B12557A13). It...