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Ecommerce Europe publishes position paper on the ePrivacy Regulation
Ecommerce Europe recently published a new position paper on the proposed ePrivacy Regulation.
In light of the ongoing trialogue negotiations between the European Commission, the Council and the European Parliament, the paper outlines Ecommerce Europe’s key recommendations, its preferred institutional position and suggests a few targeted amendments.
In January 2017, the European Commission proposed new legislation to ensure stronger privacy in electronic communications, the Proposal for a Regulation on Privacy and Electronic Communications.
Consequently, the European Parliament adopted its Report on the file in October 2017, and after very lengthy discussions in the Council, the Portuguese Presidency managed to reach an agreement on a compromise text in February 2021.
2021-06-01 18:05:48 GMT2021-06-02 02:05:48(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
LISBON, June 1 (Xinhua) In the city of Sines in southern Portugal, the Portuguese Presidency of the European Union (EU) inaugurated on Tuesday EllaLink, the first direct high-speed submarine optical cable connection between Europe and South America.
Addressing the inauguration ceremony, Portugal s Prime Minister Antonio Costa stressed the strategic importance of this new system and the privileged geographical position of Portugal as a point of connection with other continents. In the digital age, the dematerialization of space means that there is neither a center nor a periphery. But you cannot build this without the existence of infrastructure, he said.