Privacy and Data Protection
- Directive on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (95/46/EC October 24, 1995)
- Directive on a Community framework for electronic signatures (1999/93/EC December 13, 1999) on EUR-Lex
- Directive on Privacy and Electronic Communications (2002/58/EC July 12, 2002) on EUR-Lex
- Data Retention Directive (2006/24/EC March 15, 2006)
- Directive 2009/136/EC (November 25, 2009) on EUR-Lex, was COD/2007/0248 in the Telecoms Package, amending Directive 2002/22/EC on universal service and users’ rights relating to electronic communications networks and services, Directive 2002/58/EC concerning the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector and Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 on cooperation between national authorities responsible for the enforcement of consumer protection laws.
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