GDPR And EPrivacy Interplay

• Published date: 18 January 2021
• Subject Matter: Privacy, Data Protection
• Law Firm: Maravela, Popescu & Asociatii
• Author: Ms Cristina Crețu and Laura M. Dinu

Data breach notifications were firstly introduced in 2009 by means of amendments to the E-Privacy Directive, where such data breaches occurred in connection with the provision of publicly available electronic communications service. Further on, GDPR extended data breach notification obligation to all industries. The initial scope was to have a single notification regime, as E-Privacy Directive was intended to be replaced by E-Privacy Regulation, when GDPR became applicable. Since E-Privacy Regulation has a long way until entering...