What is the e-Privacy Regulation and what does it mean for business owners?

There will be a new regulation called the e-Privacy Regulation. It is a successor to another piece of regulation called the e-Privacy Directive. In the Netherlands, we have laid down the e-Privacy Directive in the Telecommunicatiewet. At the moment, the e-Privacy Regulation is just a legislative proposal. It is expected to enter into force in 2024.

For business owners the new e-Privacy law has the advantage of new possibilities to:

• process metadata;
• provide additional services; and
• develop their activities.

Once the e-Privacy Regulation is finalised, an update with the main changes and new rules will appear on LegalAIR.