e‑Privacy Regu­la­ti­on: Inte­rim Status

As repor­ted, the e‑Privacy Regu­la­ti­on initi­al­ly drop­ped from the agen­da after pro­tra­c­ted nego­tia­ti­ons. At the end of Febru­ary 2020, howe­ver, the Coun­cil Pre­si­den­cy laun­ched a new pro­po­sal. Accor­ding to this pro­po­sal, pro­ba­b­ly the most important inno­va­ti­on is that the use of elec­tro­nic com­mu­ni­ca­ti­ons meta­da­ta and the use of coo­kies (and the like) for the pro­tec­tion of legi­ti­ma­te inte­rests will be made pos­si­ble, sub­ject to cer­tain con­di­ti­ons (see also our report).

Sin­ce then, fur­ther nego­tia­ti­ons have been delay­ed by Coro­na, accor­ding to a May 29, 2020, release of a Sta­tus report notes. The cur­rent Croa­ti­an Pre­si­den­cy of the Coun­cil is working with the new Pre­si­den­cy, which will take over on July 1, 2020. Ger­man pre­si­den­cy tog­e­ther to faci­li­ta­te fur­ther negotiations.