<Tr> <Th> Replaced by </Th> <Td>--</Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Current legislation </Td> </Tr> <P> Privacy and Electronic Communications Directive 2002 / 58 / EC on Privacy and Electronic Communications, otherwise known as ePrivacy Directive, is an EU directive on data protection and privacy in the digital age . It presents a continuation of earlier efforts, most directly the Data Protection Directive . It deals with the regulation of a number of important issues such as confidentiality of information, treatment of traffic data, spam and cookies . This Directive has been amended by Directive 2009 / 136, which introduces several changes, especially in what concerns cookies, that are now subject to prior consent . </P> <P> The ePrivacy Regulation is intended to come in effect in 25 May 2018 and to repeal the ePrivacy Directive 2002 / 58 / EC and to accompany the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and to regulate the requirements for consent to the use of cookies and opt - out options . </P>

The european union passed a law called the e-privacy directive to
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