The EU e-Privacy Regulation is intended to replace the current e-Privacy Directive. While data protection rules do set a regime for personal data management, the e-Privacy rules focus on specific duties in connection with electronic communications services. The new rules will apply throughout EU as of 25 May 2018.

In this article we provide views on the key takeaways of the e-Privacy Regulation. Further, we point out specific aspects of the new legislation and their impact in the countries of emerging Europe and Central Asia: Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Turkey and Ukraine…