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GDPR was just the beginning
On MIT’s The Download blog, Erin Winick wrote:
Now that the General Data Protection Regulation has gone into effect, the tech industry has a new European legal fight on its hands: ePrivacy Regulation.
What does it do? The law targets services that allow private interactions, like Skype and WhatsApp. It would require companies to get permission from users for tracking them or harvesting data from conversations. And firms would have to offer the same service to all users, whether or not they consent to data collection.
Bureaucracy ftw: The regulation was approved by European Parliament, but is stuck in review by the Council of the European Union. According to VentureBeat, “privacy advocates are optimistic the rules will be adopted in the coming months.”
Why it matters: Regulators argue the law will put data control back in users’ hands. Industry groups insist it will limit innovation, and make many services inaccessible or more costly. Lobbyist money is flying, mainly from interest groups aligned with Big Tech, so the first step will be to see if ePrivacy Regulation can make it out of Council review without being gutted. (MIT’s The Download, Erin Winick, 05/29/18)
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