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EU: European Data Protection Supervisor: Privacy and data protection can restore consumer confidence in the Digital Society

15 November 2013

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"The European Commission's proposal on harmonising electronic communications services across the EU will unduly limit internet freedom, says the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS). In his Opinion, the EDPS welcomes the inclusion of the principle of net neutrality - the impartial transmission of information on the internet – in the text, but also said that it is devoid of substance because of the almost unlimited right of providers to manage internet traffic."

See the full text: European Data Protection Supervisor: Privacy and data protection can restore consumer confidence in the Digital Society (press release, pdf)

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