NEWS12 January 2017
BELGIUM – The European Commission has proposed new legislation to ensure stronger privacy in all electronic communications – including newer providers such as WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Skype, Gmail and iMessage.
The measures would see the new rules aligned with the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Andrus Ansip, vice-president for the Digital Single Market said: “I want to ensure confidentiality of electronic communications and privacy. Our draft ePrivacy Regulation strikes the right balance: it provides a high level of protection for consumers, while allowing businesses to innovate.”
As well as the new privacy rules covering new electronic communications providers the other proposals include: privacy for both content and metadata without users consent – although if consent is given companies will have more opportunities to use the data; simpler cookie rules so users are more in control of their settings; protection against spam so unsolicited electronic comms is banned without user consent.
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1 Comment
Anon
6 years ago
Privacy?....well the tech companies already know exactly where I am at every single moment of the day, they know all my appointments, which hotel I stay at, all my personal details, where I live, where my devices are, what I looked at online, where I'm going tomorrow, who all my connections are online, which e-mail I use, what's in all my e-mails, what gifts I bought for Christmas....I signed up to and agreed to very little of this. So good luck unpicking all that.
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