Telecommunications
Here you will find positions of the BfDI on the important data protection topic "telecommunications".
The ePrivacy Regulation was originally intended to replace the existing Privacy and Electronic Communications Directive (ePrivacy Directive) and create a modern legal framework for the protection of privacy in electronic communications. However, after an eight-year legislative process, the EU Commission has now withdrawn the project from its work program for 2025. More: E-Privacy Regulation
Data retention, which has always been a matter of controversial discussion, is currently suspended in Germany. At German and European level, however, its re-introduction is constantly being discussed. Data retention is and has been the subject of various legal proceedings. More: Data retention
