The EU General Data Protection Regulation has been a front-and-center issue for privacy pros and businesses for some time now, but major regulatory issues appear to be just getting started. That was made clear Thursday at the IAPP Europe Data Protection Congress by German MEP Birgit Sippel during her first public speech as the European Parliament's Special Rapporteur for the proposed ePrivacy Regulation. With former MEP and Special Rapporter Marju Lauristin winning an election for her local council in Estonia, Sippel now takes the reins of what has already become a heated and controversial proposed regulation of the telecommunications industry. And Sippel did not mince words during the sold-out event, going so far as calling for the abolishment of "surveillance-driven advertising." Jedidiah Bracy, CIPP, was onsite and has the details in this exclusive for The Privacy Advisor.
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