Directive 2002/58/EC
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Directive 2002/58/EC is a European Union directive that sets out rules on privacy and data protection in the electronic communications sector, complementing the broader EU data protection framework.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Directive 2002/58/EC canonical | 2 |
| Directive 2002/58/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9314567 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Directive 2002/58/EC Context triple: [Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations, legalBasis, Directive 2002/58/EC]
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A.
Directive 2001/82/EC
Directive 2001/82/EC is a key European Union law that sets out the rules for the authorization, supervision, and pharmacovigilance of veterinary medicinal products across EU member states.
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B.
Directive 2004/23/EC
Directive 2004/23/EC is a key European Union law that sets quality and safety standards for the donation, procurement, testing, processing, preservation, storage, and distribution of human tissues and cells for medical use.
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C.
Directive 2001/83/EC
Directive 2001/83/EC is a key European Union law that sets the framework for the authorization, manufacture, distribution, and pharmacovigilance of medicinal products for human use across EU member states.
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D.
Directive 2010/53/EU
Directive 2010/53/EU is a European Union law that sets common standards for the quality and safety of human organs intended for transplantation across EU member states.
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E.
Directive 2006/17/EC
Directive 2006/17/EC is a European Union measure that sets technical requirements for the donation, procurement, and testing of human tissues and cells used for medical purposes.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Directive 2002/58/EC Target entity description: Directive 2002/58/EC is a European Union directive that sets out rules on privacy and data protection in the electronic communications sector, complementing the broader EU data protection framework.
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A.
Directive 2001/82/EC
Directive 2001/82/EC is a key European Union law that sets out the rules for the authorization, supervision, and pharmacovigilance of veterinary medicinal products across EU member states.
-
B.
Directive 2004/23/EC
Directive 2004/23/EC is a key European Union law that sets quality and safety standards for the donation, procurement, testing, processing, preservation, storage, and distribution of human tissues and cells for medical use.
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C.
Directive 2001/83/EC
Directive 2001/83/EC is a key European Union law that sets the framework for the authorization, manufacture, distribution, and pharmacovigilance of medicinal products for human use across EU member states.
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D.
Directive 2010/53/EU
Directive 2010/53/EU is a European Union law that sets common standards for the quality and safety of human organs intended for transplantation across EU member states.
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E.
Directive 2006/17/EC
Directive 2006/17/EC is a European Union measure that sets technical requirements for the donation, procurement, and testing of human tissues and cells used for medical purposes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | European Union directive ⓘ |
| adoptedBy |
Council of the European Union
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European Parliament ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
ensure protection of fundamental rights and freedoms in electronic communications
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protect the right to privacy in the electronic communications sector ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Directive on privacy and electronic communications
ⓘ
linked to:
ePrivacy Directive
|
| appliesTo | Member States of the European Union ⓘ |
| basedOn | Article 95 of the EC Treaty ⓘ |
| bindingOn |
EU Member States authorities
ⓘ
linked to:
European national authorities
providers of public communications networks ⓘ providers of publicly available electronic communications services ⓘ |
| complements |
Directive 95/46/EC
ⓘ
linked to:
Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC
EU data protection framework ⓘ
linked to:
GDPR
|
| containsRulesOn |
caller identification and call forwarding
ⓘ
data retention conditions for traffic and location data ⓘ directories of subscribers ⓘ security of electronic communications services ⓘ spam and direct marketing by electronic means ⓘ |
| geographicalScope | European Union ⓘ |
| language | multilingual EU legislation ⓘ |
| legalEffect | requires transposition into national law ⓘ |
| legalForm | directive ⓘ |
| legalSystem |
European Union law
ⓘ
linked to:
EU secondary law
|
| officialName |
Directive 2002/58/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
ⓘ
linked to:
Directive 2002/58/EC
|
| partOf | EU acquis on data protection ⓘ |
| policyArea |
data protection
ⓘ
information society ⓘ privacy ⓘ telecommunications ⓘ |
| regulates |
confidentiality of communications
ⓘ
cookies and similar technologies ⓘ location data ⓘ processing of personal data in electronic communications ⓘ traffic data ⓘ unsolicited communications ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
General Data Protection Regulation
ⓘ
linked to:
GDPR
|
| requires |
appropriate technical and organisational measures to safeguard security of services
ⓘ
user consent for storing or accessing information on user terminal equipment ⓘ |
| requiresImplementationBy |
EU Member States
ⓘ
linked to:
Member States of the European Union
|
| sector | electronic communications ⓘ |
| shortName | ePrivacy Directive ⓘ |
| subject |
data protection in the electronic communications sector
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privacy in electronic communications ⓘ |
| typeOfProtection |
confidentiality of communications
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protection of personal data ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Directive 2002/58/EC Description of subject: Directive 2002/58/EC is a European Union directive that sets out rules on privacy and data protection in the electronic communications sector, complementing the broader EU data protection framework.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Directive 2002/58/EC
→
officialName
→
Directive 2002/58/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
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linked to: Directive 2002/58/EC