ePrivacy Regulation Destined for a 2021 Start Date?

The Romanian Presidency has released the Provisional agendas for Council meetings during the first half of 2019. It is our first glimpse into the ePrivacy Regulation as speculation continues as to when ePR compliance requirements may begin.

The Telecommunications Council is scheduled to undertake legislative deliberations on the ePrivacy Regulation on June 7, 2019. Even if an agreement is reached on the text of the measure to repeal the ePrivacy Directive and replace it with ePR, the finalization of the new privacy regulation and an expected implementation period of at least one year is likely to push the start of enforcement back into 2021 at the earliest.

The TTE Council last met on the ePrivacy Regulation on December 4th and an Article 64 opinion on the obligations and overlap of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and ePrivacy was on the agenda for the Fifth Plenary. Although there have been a number of high profile calls for movement in the ePrivacy negotiations, the EU has failed so far to reach consensus on measures that were hoped to go into effect at the same time as GDPR in May 2018.

The lack of consensus has left the draft regulation up in the air, and no guarantee that an effective data of 2021 is more likely than not. There was even a report last year that Germany might push for a two year implementation period, which would delay the start of these privacy protections even farther.

The ePrivacy Regulation is going to replace the ePrivacy Directive, which is best known for the cookie notice banners required on websites by the section often referred to as the EU cookie law. For assistance with ePrivacy Directive compliance or to begin the planning process for ePR, please call Clarip at 1-888-252-5653.

Other Blog Posts on ePrivacy Regulation:

EDPB Releases Agenda of Fifth Plenary
Will 2019 Be the Year of GDPR Enforcement & Finalization of the ePrivacy Regulation?
EDPS Urges Adoption of ePrivacy Regulation
Latest on ePrivacy from Austria
EDPS on ePrivacy Regulation
Presidency Proposes Changes to ePrivacy Articles 6, 8 and 10
Significant Progress on ePrivacy Regulation Highlighted by Progress Report
EDBP Pushes ePrivacy Regulation After GDPR Goes Into Effect
Revised ePrivacy Regulation Draft Circulated

Improve Data Privacy for GDPR or CCPA with Clarip

The Clarip team and enterprise privacy management software are ready to meet your compliance automation challenges. Click here to contact us (return messages within 24 hours) or call 1-888-252-5653 to schedule a demo or speak to a member of the Clarip team.

If compliance with the California Consumer Privacy Act is your focus until 2020, ask us about our CCPA software. Handle automation of data subject access requests with our DSAR Portal, or provide the right to opt out of the sale of personal information with the consent management software.

Need to improve your GDPR compliance solution? Clarip offers modular GDPR software that can fill in gaps in your privacy program. Choose from the data mapping software for an automated solution to understanding your data collection and sharing, conduct privacy risk assessments with DPIA software, or choose the cookie consent manager for ePrivacy.

Click here to contact us (return messages within 24 hours) or call 1-888-252-5653 to schedule a demo and speak to a member of the Clarip team.