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The German Presidency has recently published an Option Paper for further discussions on the proposed ePrivacy Regulation. While we welcome some of the proposed options, Bitkom still has concerns about the e-Privacy proposal (see here for our previous Position Papers). The EU Commission's goal of 'better regulation' is still not reflected in the option paper currently on the table and drafted by the German presidency.

Recently, the EU published the EU Data Strategy and invited stakeholders for feedback. We welcome this opportunity and the consultation for the Data Strategy and support the idea that the European Union needs an overarching data strategy in order to achieve the benefits of the Single Market and avoid fragmentation.

The Federal Data Protection Commissioner demanded corrections to the Patient Data Protection Act on Wednesday. Bitkom CEO Dr. Bernhard Rohleder answers.

In its ruling today, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has declared the so-called Privacy Shield, which regulates the exchange of data between the EU and the USA, to be invalid. It also ruled that data exchange with non-EU countries on the basis of the so-called standard contractual clauses is legal, but must be examined on a case-by-case basis.