The ePrivacy Regulation has been referred to as the EU General Data Protection Regulation’s “sister legislation.” But what kind of sister is it going to be? Will the ePR have an acrimonious love-hate relationship with the GDPR? Or, will it be loyal to the GDPR, satisfied with a pragmatic power-sharing arrangement? Or perhaps, leaving the GDPR behind, ePR will sit out on a revolutionary and bold pursuit of its own goals? In short, for those "Game of Thrones" fans out there, will the ePrivacy Regulation be a Cersei, Sansa or Daenerys? In this post for Privacy Perspectives, IAPP Senior Westin Fellow Müge Fazlioglu, CIPP/E, CIPP/US, provides an update on the proposed ePR, how it can line up with and stray from the GDPR, and what privacy pros should be thinking about while this significant regulation remains in the works. 
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