ePrivacy Regulation

The ePrivacy Regulation is an upcoming EU regulation concerning data protection of electronic communications within the European Union.

Its full name is “Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the respect for private life and the protection of personal data in electronic communications and repealing Directive 2002/58/EC (Regulation on Privacy and Electronic Communications).”

The law would invalidate the Privacy and Electronic Communications Directive 2002 (ePrivacy Directive) and would constitute complementary legislation to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The exact scope of the ePrivacy still hasn’t been agreed on.

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Meta's ad practices ruled illegal under GDPR: key facts and implications of the decision 

The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) ruled that Meta could no longer use contracts as a basis for its behavioral ads. Instead, they should rely on consent as the ground for personal data processing under the EU's general data protection regulation (GDPR). Initially, the Data Protection Commission of Ireland (DPC) had backed Meta's legal argument […]

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What is data activation and how does it fit into your data analytics stack

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