Press Release: Electronic Communications: Commission takes second legal step against eight Member States for not adopting new privacy rules for digital networks and services

Author (Corporate)	European Commission: Press and Communication Service
Series Title	Press Release
Series Details	IP/04/435 (1.4.04)
Publication Date	01/04/2004
Content Type	News
	The Commission has taken the second step in infringement proceedings against eight Member States for failing to notify it of measures transposing the Directive on Privacy and Electronic Communications (e-Privacy Directive) into their national laws. The Directive governs areas like 'spam' e-mail and identifier 'cookies'.
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Related Links	http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/topics/ecomm/all_about/todays_framework/privacy_protection/index_en.htm http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/topics/ecomm/all_about/todays_framework/privacy_protection/index_en.htm http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/policy/ecomm/todays_framework/privacy_protection/spam/index_en.htm http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/policy/ecomm/todays_framework/privacy_protection/spam/index_en.htm http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/topics/telecoms/regulatory/new_rf/index_en.htm http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/topics/telecoms/regulatory/new_rf/index_en.htm
Subject Categories	Business and Industry
Countries / Regions	Europe