European Union: Derogation from ePrivacy Directive to support the detection of child sexual abuse goes into force
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Derogation from ePrivacy Directive to support the detection of child sexual abuse goes into force
On 2 August 2021, the ePrivacy derogation enters into force. The temporary derogation concerns Articles 5(1) and 6(1) of the ePrivacy Directive, which protects the confidentiality of communications and traffic data. Specifically, the derogation allows voluntary use by providers of technologies for the processing of personal and other data to the extent necessary to detect, report and remove online child sexual abuse material from their services. The derogation remains in force until 3 August 2024.
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Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
cross-cutting
Implementation Level
supranational
Government Branch
legislature
Government Body
parliament
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2020-09-10
under deliberation
2021-07-06
adopted
2021-08-02
in force
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