EU Directive Concerning the Processing of Personal Data and the Protection of Privacy in the Telecommunications Sector

Citation
EU Directive 97/66/EC Concerning the Processing of Personal Data and the Protection of Privacy in the Telecommunications Sector (Dec. 15, 1997) (full-text).

Overview
This Directive complements EU Directive on the Protection of Individuals with regard to the Processing of Personal Data and on the Free Movement of such Data with respect to the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the telecommunications sector. It provides for the harmonization of the provisions of the EU Member States required to ensure an equivalent level of protection of fundamental rights and freedoms, and in particular the right to privacy, with respect to the processing of personal data in the telecommunications sector and to ensure the free movement of such data and of telecommunications equipment and services in the European Community.