ePrivacy-direktivet — direktiv 2002/58/EF

Betegnelse

CELEX

32002L0058

Betegnelse

2002/58/EC

Vedtatt

2002-07-12

I kraft

2002-07-31

Gjennomføringsfrist

2003-10-31

Artikler

21

Artikler

23 artikler er lest inn i registeret, med én adresse hver. Lest 2026-08-18.

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EU-domstolens avgjørelser

24 avgjørelser

• C-654/23EU-domstolen2025-11-13

  Inteligo Media SA v Autoritatea Naţională de Supraveghere a Prelucrării Datelor cu Caracter Personal (ANSPDCP)

  Reference for a preliminary ruling – Processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector – Directive 2002/58/EC – Article 13(1) and (2) – Unsolicited communications – Concept of communication ‘for the purposes of direct marketing’ – Obtaining electronic contact details ‘in the context of the sale of a product or a service’ – Registration on an online platform giving access to additional content – Sending of a daily newsletter via email – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 6 – Lawfulness of processing – Article 95 – Relationship with Directive 2002/58.

• C-229/23EU-domstolen2024-06-13

  Criminal proceedings against HYA and Others

  Reference for a preliminary ruling – Telecommunications sector – Processing of personal data and the protection of privacy – Directive 2002/58/EC – Article 15(1) – Restriction of the confidentiality of electronic communications – Judicial decision authorising listening, tapping and storage in respect of telephone conversations of persons suspected of having committed a serious intentional offence – National legislation requiring that that decision must itself contain an express statement of reasons in writing, irrespective of the existence of a reasoned application made by the criminal authorities – Second paragraph of Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Obligation to state reasons.

• C-178/22EU-domstolen2024-04-30

  Criminal proceedings against Unknown individuals

  Reference for a preliminary ruling – Processing of personal data in the electronic communications sector – Confidentiality of communications – Providers of electronic communications services – Directive 2002/58/EC – Article 15(1) – Articles 7, 8, 11 and Article 52(1) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Access to those data requested by a national authority having competence to prosecute offences of aggravated theft – Definition of the concept of ‘serious offence’ the prosecution of which is capable of justifying serious interference with fundamental rights – Competence of the Member States – Principle of proportionality – Scope of prior review by a court of the requests to access the data retained by providers of electronic communications services.

• C-470/21EU-domstolen2024-04-30

  La Quadrature du Net and Others v Premier ministre and Ministère de la Culture

  Reference for a preliminary ruling – Processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector – Directive 2002/58/EC – Confidentiality of electronic communications – Protection – Article 5 and Article 15(1) – Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Articles 7, 8 and 11 and Article 52(1) – National legislation aimed at combating, through action by a public authority, counterfeiting offences committed on the internet – ‘Graduated response’ procedure – Upstream collection by rightholder organisations of IP addresses used for activities infringing copyright or related rights – Downstream access by the public authority responsible for the protection of copyright and related rights to data relating to the civil identity associated with those IP addresses retained by providers of electronic communications services – Automated processing – Requirement of prior review by a court or an independent administrative body – Substantive and procedural conditions – Safeguards against the risks of abuse and against any unlawful access to or use of those data.

• C-162/22EU-domstolen2023-09-07

  A. G. v Lietuvos Respublikos generalinė prokuratūra

  Reference for a preliminary ruling – Telecommunications – Processing of personal data in the electronic communications sector – Directive 2002/58/EC – Scope – Article 15(1) – Data retained by providers of electronic communications services and made available to authorities in charge of criminal proceedings – Subsequent use of those data in an investigation into misconduct in office.

• C-349/21EU-domstolen2023-02-16

  HYA and Othersprokuratura

  Reference for a preliminary ruling – Telecommunications sector – Processing of personal data and the protection of privacy – Directive 2002/58 – Article 15(1) – Restriction of the confidentiality of electronic communications – Judicial decision authorising the interception, recording and storage of telephone conversations of persons suspected of having committed a serious intentional offence – Practice whereby the decision is drawn up in accordance with a pre-drafted template text that does not contain individualised reasons – Second paragraph of Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Obligation to state reasons.

• C-350/21EU-domstolen2022-11-17

  Proceedings brought by Spetsializirana prokuratura

  Reference for a preliminary ruling – Processing of personal data in the electronic communication sector – Confidentiality of communications – Providers of electronic communications services – General and indiscriminate retention of traffic and location data for a period of six months – Combatting serious crime – Access to the retained data – Informing data subjects – Right to bring an action – Directive 2002/58/EC – Article 15(1) and (2) – Directive (EU) 2016/680 – Articles 13 and 54 – Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Articles 7, 8, 11 and 47 and Article 52(1).

• C-129/21EU-domstolen2022-10-27

  Proximus NV v Gegevensbeschermingsautoriteit

  Reference for a preliminary ruling – Processing of personal data and protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector – Directive 2002/58/EC – Article 12 – Public telephone directories and directory enquiry services – Subscriber’s consent – Obligations of the provider of directories and of directory enquiry services – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 17 – Right to erasure (‘right to be forgotten’) – Article 5(2) – Article 24 – Information obligations and responsibility of the controller.

• 62020CJ0339EU-domstolen2022-09-20

  Criminal proceedings against VD bd]&

  Joined Cases C-339/20 and C-397/20.

• C-140/20EU-domstolen2022-04-05

  G.D. v The Commissioner of the Garda Síochána and Others

  Reference for a preliminary ruling – Processing of personal data in the electronic communications sector – Confidentiality of the communications – Providers of electronic communications services – General and indiscriminate retention of traffic and location data – Access to data – Subsequent court supervision – Directive 2002/58/EC – Article 15(1) – Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Articles 7, 8 and 11 and Article 52(1) – Possibility for a national court to restrict the temporal effect of a declaration of the invalidity of national legislation that is incompatible with EU law – Excluded.

• C-102/20EU-domstolen2021-11-25

  StWL Städtische Werke Lauf a.d. Pegnitz GmbH v eprimo GmbH

  Reference for a preliminary ruling – Directive 2002/58/EC – Processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector – Article 2(h) – Concept of ‘electronic mail’ – Article 13(1) – Concept of ‘use of … electronic mail for the purposes of direct marketing’ – Directive 2005/29/EC – Unfair commercial practices – Annex I, point 26 – Concept of ‘persistent and unwanted solicitations by email’ – Advertising messages – Inbox advertising.

• C-597/19EU-domstolen2021-06-17

  Mircom International Content Management & Consulting (M.I.C.M.) Limited v Telenet BVBA

  Reference for a preliminary ruling – Intellectual property – Copyright and related rights – Directive 2001/29/EC – Article 3(1) and (2) – Concept of ‘making available to the public’ – Downloading of a file containing a protected work via a peer-to-peer network and the simultaneous provision for uploading pieces of that file – Directive 2004/48/EC – Article 3(2) – Misuse of measures, procedures and remedies – Article 4 – Persons entitled to apply for the application of measures, procedures and remedies – Article 8 – Right of information – Article 13 – Concept of ‘prejudice’ – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Point (f) of the first subparagraph of Article 6(1) – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Lawfulness of processing – Directive 2002/58/EC – Article 15(1) – Legislative measures to restrict the scope of the rights and obligations – Fundamental rights – Articles 7 and 8, Article 17(2) and the first paragraph of Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European.

Veiledende avgjørelser

24 avgjørelser domstolen selv har merket som tolkning av rettsakten.

• C-654/23EU-domstolen2025-11-13

  Inteligo Media SA v Autoritatea Naţională de Supraveghere a Prelucrării Datelor cu Caracter Personal (ANSPDCP)

  Reference for a preliminary ruling – Processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector – Directive 2002/58/EC – Article 13(1) and (2) – Unsolicited communications – Concept of communication ‘for the purposes of direct marketing’ – Obtaining electronic contact details ‘in the context of the sale of a product or a service’ – Registration on an online platform giving access to additional content – Sending of a daily newsletter via email – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 6 – Lawfulness of processing – Article 95 – Relationship with Directive 2002/58.

  ECLI:EU:C:2025:871EUR-LexDomstolen
• C-229/23EU-domstolen2024-06-13

  Criminal proceedings against HYA and Others

  Reference for a preliminary ruling – Telecommunications sector – Processing of personal data and the protection of privacy – Directive 2002/58/EC – Article 15(1) – Restriction of the confidentiality of electronic communications – Judicial decision authorising listening, tapping and storage in respect of telephone conversations of persons suspected of having committed a serious intentional offence – National legislation requiring that that decision must itself contain an express statement of reasons in writing, irrespective of the existence of a reasoned application made by the criminal authorities – Second paragraph of Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Obligation to state reasons.

  ECLI:EU:C:2024:505EUR-LexDomstolen
• C-178/22cd54a264-2edb-11e6-b497-01aa75ed71a12024-04-30

  Criminal proceedings against Unknown individuals

  Reference for a preliminary ruling – Processing of personal data in the electronic communications sector – Confidentiality of communications – Providers of electronic communications services – Directive 2002/58/EC – Article 15(1) – Articles 7, 8, 11 and Article 52(1) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Access to those data requested by a national authority having competence to prosecute offences of aggravated theft – Definition of the concept of ‘serious offence’ the prosecution of which is capable of justifying serious interference with fundamental rights – Competence of the Member States – Principle of proportionality – Scope of prior review by a court of the requests to access the data retained by providers of electronic communications services.

  ECLI:EU:C:2024:371EUR-LexDomstolen
• C-470/213ca6f0a7-954d-4b0b-8898-78c385afdf902024-04-30

  La Quadrature du Net and Others v Premier ministre and Ministère de la Culture

  Reference for a preliminary ruling – Processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector – Directive 2002/58/EC – Confidentiality of electronic communications – Protection – Article 5 and Article 15(1) – Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Articles 7, 8 and 11 and Article 52(1) – National legislation aimed at combating, through action by a public authority, counterfeiting offences committed on the internet – ‘Graduated response’ procedure – Upstream collection by rightholder organisations of IP addresses used for activities infringing copyright or related rights – Downstream access by the public authority responsible for the protection of copyright and related rights to data relating to the civil identity associated with those IP addresses retained by providers of electronic communications services – Automated processing – Requirement of prior review by a court or an independent administrative body – Substantive and procedural conditions – Safeguards against the risks of abuse and against any unlawful access to or use of those data.

  ECLI:EU:C:2024:370EUR-LexDomstolen
• C-162/22EU-domstolen2023-09-07

  A. G. v Lietuvos Respublikos generalinė prokuratūra

  Reference for a preliminary ruling – Telecommunications – Processing of personal data in the electronic communications sector – Directive 2002/58/EC – Scope – Article 15(1) – Data retained by providers of electronic communications services and made available to authorities in charge of criminal proceedings – Subsequent use of those data in an investigation into misconduct in office.

  ECLI:EU:C:2023:631EUR-LexDomstolen
• C-349/21EU-domstolen2023-02-16

  HYA and Othersprokuratura

  Reference for a preliminary ruling – Telecommunications sector – Processing of personal data and the protection of privacy – Directive 2002/58 – Article 15(1) – Restriction of the confidentiality of electronic communications – Judicial decision authorising the interception, recording and storage of telephone conversations of persons suspected of having committed a serious intentional offence – Practice whereby the decision is drawn up in accordance with a pre-drafted template text that does not contain individualised reasons – Second paragraph of Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Obligation to state reasons.

  ECLI:EU:C:2023:102EUR-LexDomstolen
• C-350/218e01d479-c04c-11e5-9e54-01aa75ed71a12022-11-17

  Proceedings brought by Spetsializirana prokuratura

  Reference for a preliminary ruling – Processing of personal data in the electronic communication sector – Confidentiality of communications – Providers of electronic communications services – General and indiscriminate retention of traffic and location data for a period of six months – Combatting serious crime – Access to the retained data – Informing data subjects – Right to bring an action – Directive 2002/58/EC – Article 15(1) and (2) – Directive (EU) 2016/680 – Articles 13 and 54 – Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Articles 7, 8, 11 and 47 and Article 52(1).

  ECLI:EU:C:2022:896EUR-LexDomstolen
• C-129/21EU-domstolen2022-10-27

  Proximus NV v Gegevensbeschermingsautoriteit

  Reference for a preliminary ruling – Processing of personal data and protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector – Directive 2002/58/EC – Article 12 – Public telephone directories and directory enquiry services – Subscriber’s consent – Obligations of the provider of directories and of directory enquiry services – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 17 – Right to erasure (‘right to be forgotten’) – Article 5(2) – Article 24 – Information obligations and responsibility of the controller.

  ECLI:EU:C:2022:833EUR-LexDomstolen

Lest hos EUs publikasjonskontor den 2026-08-22.

Tilsynsorganer

• IMY — Sverige
• Datatilsynet — Norge

Offisiell kilde

• EUR-Lex, CELEX 32002L0058
• Alle språkversjoner
• Konsolidert tekst
• Nasjonale rettsakter, EUR-Lex NIM

Nasjonale rettsakter

• SE Lag om elektronisk kommunikation

  SFS 2022:482 · www.riksdagen.se

• NO Lov om elektronisk kommunikasjon (ekomloven)

  LOV-2024-12-13-76 · lovdata.no

• DE Telekommunikation-Digitale-Dienste-Datenschutz-Gesetz

  TDDDG · www.gesetze-im-internet.de

• UK The Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003

  SI 2003/2426 · www.legislation.gov.uk

• FI Laki sähköisen viestinnän palveluista

  917/2014 · www.finlex.fi

• DK Retsinformation

  Står ikke i registeret · www.retsinformation.dk