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MEPs are urged to limit traffic data processing by network operators.
ePrivacy directive Article 6: Amendment 85 and Amendment 150
The following comments have been emailed to me by the German campaigning group AK Vorrat:
Recommendation
Am 150 ACCEPT
Am 85 REJECT
The council compromise wording of Article 6 (2a) in column four is a little better than the previous versions
But the core problems remain:
Amendment 150 tabled by Eva-Britt Svensson is better:
Overall, it would still be best to refrain from any amendments to article 6 at all.
A position paper with a detailed analysis of the issues with the ePrivacy directive Amendment 6 is available from Patrick Breyer of AK Vorrat
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