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New Rules On Consumer Protection Against Personal Data Breaches And Spam, Panagiotis Kitsos, Paraskevi Pappas
New Rules On Consumer Protection Against Personal Data Breaches And Spam, Panagiotis Kitsos, Paraskevi Pappas
Panagiotis Kitsos
On 25 November 2009, the European Parliament and Council adopted a new legislation to revise the regulatory framework for the electronic communications sector. This new “package” of Directives includes Directive 2009/136/EC, which amends earlier Directive 2002/58/EC in the fields of 1. mandatory notification of personal data security breaches 2. consent requirements for cookies and 3. anti-spamming measures by ISPs. The scope of the Directive is to enhance the protection of consumers privacy and personal data in the electronic communications sector, through strengthened security-related provisions and improved enforcement mechanisms by the NRAs. In particular Τhe provisions of the new directive require …