ePrivacy Directive
E791420
The ePrivacy Directive is a European Union law that regulates privacy and data protection in electronic communications, including rules on cookies, traffic data, and direct marketing.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| ePrivacy Directive canonical | 4 |
| Directive on Privacy and Electronic Communications | 1 |
| Directive on privacy and electronic communications | 1 |
| e‑Privacy Directive | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9314568 — 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: ePrivacy Directive Context triple: [Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations, legalBasis, ePrivacy Directive]
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A.
GDPR
The GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) is a comprehensive European Union data protection law that governs how organizations collect, process, and store personal data of individuals in the EU.
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B.
Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC
The Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC was a foundational European Union law that established early comprehensive rules for the protection of personal data and privacy across EU member states before being superseded by the GDPR.
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C.
Europol Regulation
The Europol Regulation is the European Union law that establishes the mandate, structure, and functioning of the EU Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) to support and strengthen member states’ efforts in preventing and combating serious crime and terrorism.
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D.
UK onshored EU Transparency Directive
The UK onshored EU Transparency Directive is the post-Brexit domestic version of the EU’s Transparency Directive, setting out disclosure and transparency requirements for issuers with securities admitted to trading on UK regulated markets.
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E.
GPDRR
GPDRR is the abbreviation for the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction, a key international forum coordinated by the United Nations to advance policies and actions that reduce disaster risks worldwide.
- 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: ePrivacy Directive Target entity description: The ePrivacy Directive is a European Union law that regulates privacy and data protection in electronic communications, including rules on cookies, traffic data, and direct marketing.
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A.
GDPR
The GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) is a comprehensive European Union data protection law that governs how organizations collect, process, and store personal data of individuals in the EU.
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B.
Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC
The Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC was a foundational European Union law that established early comprehensive rules for the protection of personal data and privacy across EU member states before being superseded by the GDPR.
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C.
Europol Regulation
The Europol Regulation is the European Union law that establishes the mandate, structure, and functioning of the EU Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) to support and strengthen member states’ efforts in preventing and combating serious crime and terrorism.
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D.
UK onshored EU Transparency Directive
The UK onshored EU Transparency Directive is the post-Brexit domestic version of the EU’s Transparency Directive, setting out disclosure and transparency requirements for issuers with securities admitted to trading on UK regulated markets.
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E.
GPDRR
GPDRR is the abbreviation for the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction, a key international forum coordinated by the United Nations to advance policies and actions that reduce disaster risks worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
European Union directive
ⓘ
data protection law ⓘ telecommunications law ⓘ |
| adoptedBy |
Council of the European Union
ⓘ
European Parliament ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Directive on Privacy and Electronic Communications
ⓘ
linked to:
ePrivacy Directive
e‑Privacy Directive ⓘ
linked to:
ePrivacy Directive
|
| amendedBy |
Directive 2006/24/EC
ⓘ
Directive 2009/136/EC ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
providers of publicly available electronic communications services
ⓘ
public communications networks ⓘ |
| cameIntoForceOn | 2002-07-31 ⓘ |
| complements |
Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC
ⓘ
General Data Protection Regulation ⓘ
linked to:
GDPR
|
| countryOfOrigin | European Union ⓘ |
| dateAdopted | 2002-07-12 ⓘ |
| goal |
ensure privacy in the electronic communications sector
ⓘ
harmonise member state provisions on electronic communications privacy ⓘ |
| hasProvision |
rules on caller identification and call forwarding
ⓘ
rules on cookies and similar technologies ⓘ rules on itemised billing ⓘ rules on traffic and location data ⓘ rules on unsolicited communications for direct marketing purposes ⓘ |
| identifier | 2002/58/EC ⓘ |
| implementedBy | national laws of EU Member States ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | European Union ⓘ |
| language | multilingual ⓘ |
| legalBasis |
Treaty establishing the European Community
ⓘ
linked to:
Treaty of Rome
|
| officialName | Directive 2002/58/EC ⓘ |
| policyArea |
electronic communications
ⓘ
privacy and data protection ⓘ |
| regulates |
confidentiality of communications
ⓘ
location data ⓘ privacy in electronic communications ⓘ processing of personal data in electronic communications ⓘ spam ⓘ traffic data ⓘ unsolicited communications for direct marketing ⓘ use of cookies ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union
ⓘ
European Convention on Human Rights ⓘ |
| repeals | Directive 97/66/EC ⓘ |
| requires |
protection of confidentiality of communications
ⓘ
security of public communications networks ⓘ user consent for storing or accessing information on user devices ⓘ |
| scope | electronic communications sector ⓘ |
| sector | information and communications technology ⓘ |
| subjectOf | ePrivacy Regulation proposal ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: ePrivacy Directive Description of subject: The ePrivacy Directive is a European Union law that regulates privacy and data protection in electronic communications, including rules on cookies, traffic data, and direct marketing.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: ePrivacy Directive
linked to: ePrivacy Directive
linked to: ePrivacy Directive
subject linked to:
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