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European Union countries on Wednesday agreed to take a joint position in forthcoming negotiations with EU lawmakers and the European Commission on planned privacy rules governing Facebook’s WhatsApp and Microsoft’s Skype, ending a three-year impasse.
The European Commission proposed its ePrivacy Regulation in 2017, which would subject WhatsApp and Skype to the same rules as telecoms providers and restrict the tracking of users in order to provide personalised ads.
The proposal, which aims to create a level playing field between internet players and telecoms providers, needs input from the European Parliament and EU countries before it can be adopted as law for the 27-country bloc.
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EU Regulators Seek to Extend Cybersecurity Rules to More Industries
New bill designates cloud providers and data center operators as critical infrastructure
The proposed rules elevate cybersecurity to the board level, said Thierry Breton, EU commissioner for internal market, shown in November. Photo: pool/Reuters By Dec. 17, 2020 5:30 am ET | WSJ Pro
European regulators want to designate cloud computing providers, data center operators and other sectors as critical infrastructure, requiring them to comply with mandated cybersecurity rules for the first time.
The draft EU legislation, known as the directive on network and information systems, also strengthens security rules for all of the bloc’s seven previously designated critical infrastructure sectors, such as health care and financial services. Companies would need to implement measures to protect data and inform authorities quickly if they are hac