• Article 1 - Subject matter
• Article 2 - Material scope
• Article 3 - Territorial scope and representative
• Article 4 - Definitions
• Article 5 - Confidentiality of electronic communications data
• Article 6 - Permitted processing of electronic communications data
• Article 7 - Storage and erasure of electronic communications data
• Article 8 - Protection of information stored in terminal equipment...
• Article 9 - N/A
• Article 10 - Information and options for privacy settings to be provided
• Article 11 - Restrictions
• Article 12 - Presentation and restriction of calling and connected line identification
• Article 13 - Exceptions to provide access to emergency services
• Article 14 - Incoming call blocking
• Article 15 - Publicly avilable directories
• Article 16 - Direct marketing communications
• Article 17 - N/A
• Article 18 - Independent supervisory authorities
• Article 19 - European Data Protection Board
• Article 20 - Cooperation and consistency procedures
• Article 21 - Remedies
• Article 22 - Right to compensation and liability
• Article 23 - General conditions for imposing administrative fines
• Article 24 - Penalties
• Article 25 - Exercise of the delegation
• Article 26 - Committee
• Article 27 - Repeal
• Article 28 - Monitoring and evaluation clause
• Article 29 - Entry into force and application
• Article a - Consent

• Recital 1 - The principle of confidentiality
• Recital 2 - Electronic communications and metadata
• Recital 3 - Conducting business and natural and legal persons
• Recital 4 - Supplementary regulations that address personal data
• Recital 5 - N/A
• Recital 6 - Repeal of Directive 2002/58/EC
• Recital 7 - Member states' authority
• Recital 8 - Scope
• Recital 9 - N/A
• Recital 10 - Radio equipment
• Recital 11 - Definition of 'electronic communications'
• Recital 12 - Machine-to-machine electronic communications
• Recital 13 - Public and private communications networks
• Recital 14 - Electronic communications metadata
• Recital 15 - Interception of electronic communications data
• Recital 16 - Exemptions to the prohibition of storage of communications
• Recital 17 - Consent rules for processing metadata
• Recital 18 - Validity of consent to process data
• Recital 19 - Processing data in transit
• Recital 20 - Interference with end-users' terminal equipment
• Recital 21 - Obtaining end-users' consent to set cookies
• Recital 22 - Browsers and methods for obtaining end-users' consent
• Recital 23 - Cookie settings in browsers and other applications
• Recital 24 - Appropriateness of methods for obtaining consent via browsers
• Recital 25 - Statistical counting services
• Recital 26 - Lawful interception of electronic communications data (public interest)
• Recital 27 - Anonymity and phone calls
• Recital 28 - Bases for identifying calling lines
• Recital 29 - Provision of technology to block malicious or nuisance calls
• Recital 30 - Personal data and publicly available directories
• Recital 31 - Number-based interpersonal communications services
• Recital 32 - Definition of direct marketing communications
• Recital 33 - Safeguards against intrusive direct marketing communications
• Recital 34 - Transparency, end-user consent and direct marketing communications
• Recital 35 - Transparency of voice-to-voice direct marketing communications
• Recital 36 - N/A
• Recital 37 - N/A
• Recital 38 - Member states' supervisory authorities
• Recital 39 - Territorial competency
• Recital 40 - Penalties and fines
• Recital 41 - Roles of EU institutions
• Recital 42 - Adoption of additional measures
• Recital 43 - Repeals

ePrivacy proposal

Contained in these pages is a user friendly version of the European Union’s ePrivacy proposal.

• The ePrivacy regulation isn’t finalised. The version in these pages is the collated draft published by the European Council on 4th May, 2018.
• These pages include amendments published by the European Council and we’ve stayed as faithful as possible to the original:
  • We’ve left spelling errors in the text;
  • The titles given to recitals aren’t official titles but descriptions we’ve created;
  • We’ve removed text the European Council marked for deletion.

You can review the PDF version from the European Council here.

Chapter 1 (Articles 1 - 4)

General provisions

• Article 1 - Subject matter
• Article 2 - Material scope
• Article 3 - Territorial scope and representative
• Article 4 - Definitions
• Article a - Consent

Chapter 2 (Articles 5 - 11)

Protection of electronic communications of end-users and of the integrity of their terminal equipment

• Article 5 - Confidentiality of electronic communications data
• Article 6 - Permitted processing of electronic communications data
• Article 7 - Storage and erasure of electronic communications data
• Article 8 - Protection of information stored in terminal equipment of end-users and related to or processed by or emitted by such equipment
• Article 9 - N/A
• Article 10 - Information and options for privacy settings to be provided
• Article 11 - Restrictions

Chapter 3 (Articles 12 - 17)

End-users' rights to control electronic communications

• Article 12 - Presentation and restriction of calling and connected line identification
• Article 13 - Exceptions to provide access to emergency services
• Article 14 - Incoming call blocking
• Article 15 - Publicly avilable directories
• Article 16 - Direct marketing communications
• Article 17 - N/A

Chapter 4 (Articles 18 - 20)

Independent supervisory authorities and enforcement

• Article 18 - Independent supervisory authorities
• Article 19 - European Data Protection Board
• Article 20 - Cooperation and consistency procedures

Chapter 5 (Articles 21 - 24)

Remedies, liability and penalties

• Article 21 - Remedies
• Article 22 - Right to compensation and liability
• Article 23 - General conditions for imposing administrative fines
• Article 24 - Penalties

Chapter 6 (Articles 25 - 26)

Delegated Acts and Implementing Acts

• Article 25 - Exercise of the delegation
• Article 26 - Committee

Chapter 7 (Articles 27 - 29)

Final provisions

• Article 27 - Repeal
• Article 28 - Monitoring and evaluation clause
• Article 29 - Entry into force and application