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Statement of the EDPB on the revision of the ePrivacy Regulation and its impact on the protection of individuals with regard to the privacy and confidentiality of their communications
The Data Protection Authorities of the European Union, united in the European Data Protection Board, consider that the revision of the current ePrivacy Directive (2002/58/EC, amended by 2009/136/EC) is an important and necessary step that has to be concluded rapidly. The use of IP based communication services has become widespread since 2009, and these ‘Over-theTop’ services are currently not covered by the existing Directive; in order to ensure that endusers’ confidentiality of communications is protected while using these new services and to create a level playing field for providers of electronic communication and functionally equivalent services, we call on the European Commission, Parliament and Council to work together to ensure a swift adoption of the new ePrivacy Regulation, replacing the current Directive as soon as possible after the coming into effect of the General Data Protection Regulation in May this year.