Directive 97/66/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 December 1997 concerning the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the telecommunications sector
Basic information
Dates Date of document:
  • December 15, 1997
Date of publication:
  • January 30, 1998
Date of effect:
  • February 19, 1998
    • Entry into force - Date pub. + 20 See 192E191
Date of transposition:
  • October 24, 1998
    • At the latest See Art 15.1
  • October 24, 2000
    • At the latest See Art 15.1
Date of end of validity:
Modified by
Repealed by:
Modifies
Affected by case
Legal basis
  • TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY PART FIVE: INSTITUTIONS OF THE COMMUNITY TITLE I: PROVISIONS GOVERNING THE INSTITUTIONS CHAPTER 2: PROVISIONS COMMON TO SEVERAL INSTITUTIONS ARTICLE 189B
  • TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY TITLE V : COMMON RULES ON COMPETITION TAXATION AND APPROXIMATION OF LAWS CHAPITRE 3 : APPROXIMATIONS OF LAWS ARTICLE 100A
EuroVoc Vocabulary
  • Approximation of laws
  • Protection of privacy
  • Cross-frontier data flow
  • Information technology, telecommunications and data-processing
  • Disclosure of information
  • Data processing
  • Internal market - Principles
  • Consumer protection
  • Personal data
  • General
  • Telecommunications
  • Telecommunications