In a blog post for the Center for Democracy & Technology, Jens-Henrik Jeppesen, along with Joseph Lorenzo Hall and Joseph Jerome, CIPP/US, argues the draft EU ePrivacy Regulation, though "well-intentioned," is "too broad and prescriptive." "Overall, we support the Commission's decision to rewrite and update the aging 2002 ePrivacy Directive," they write. "However, the draft Regulation has such a broad scope that it covers not only interpersonal communications services but also machine-to-machine communications and applications across the internet of things, regardless of whether or not they involve the transmission of personal data." They also argue the regulation focuses too much on cookies, a technology that may not be relevant in the near future. Finally, they express concern the regulation "does not adequately protect against broad access by public sector authorities," including for taxation, health care and social services purposes. 
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