Kristof Van Quathem of Covington & Burling writes:
The Council of EU Member States – one of the two main EU lawmaking bodies – recently released a new draft version of the ePrivacy Regulation (“EPR”). Negotiations on the regulation have been deadlocked for a while, but seem to be gathering new momentum under the Finnish Presidency. Below we highlight some selected topics that may be of interest to readers.
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- Users will have to be reminded (probably every 12 months) of their right to withdraw their consent to the processing of electronic communications content or metadata, unless users request not to receive these reminders. This does not apply to consent for cookies or direct marketing by e-mail or SMS.
Read more on InsidePrivacy.