European Union: Adopted derogation from ePrivacy Directive to support the detection of child sexual abuse
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Adopted derogation from ePrivacy Directive to support the detection of child sexual abuse
On 14 July 2021, the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union adopted the ePrivacy derogation. The temporary derogation concerns Articles 5(1) and 6(1) of the ePrivacy Directive, which protects the confidentiality of communications …
Scope
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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producer / supplier
1
Type
Private organisation
Economic activity
cross-cutting
Category
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