Processing of Personal Data (Electronic Communications Sector)

L.N. 429 of 2013

DATA PROTECTION ACT

(CAP. 440)

Processing of Personal Data (Electronic Communications Sector)

(Amendment) Regulations, 2013

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by article 54 of the Data

Protection Act, the Minister for Social Dialogue, Consumer Affairs

and Civil Liberties, after consultation with the Information and Data

Protection Commissioner, has made the following regulations:-

The title of these regulations is the Processing of Personal

Data (Electronic Communications Sector) (Amendment) Regulations,

2013, and these regulations shall be read and construed as one with

the Processing of Personal Data (Electronic Communications Sector)

Regulations, hereinafter referred to as the "principal regulations".

Regulation 1 of the principal regulations shall be re-

numbered as sub-regulation (1) thereof, and immediately thereafter

there shall be added the following new sub-regulations

"(2) These regulations implement the provisions of

Directive 2002/58/EC of the European Parliament and of the

Council of 12 July 2002 concerning the processing of personal

data and the protection of privacy in the electronic

communications sector (directive on privacy and electronic

communications), as amended by Directive 2009/136/EC of the

European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009

amending Directive 2002/22/EC on universal service and users’

rights relating to electronic communications networks and

services, Directive 2002/58/EC concerning the processing of

personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic

communications sector and Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 on

cooperation between national authorities responsible for the

enforcement of consumer protection laws.

(3) These regulations also implement, and are to be read

in conjunction with, the requirements of Commission Regulation

(EU) No 611/2013 of 24 June 2013 on the measures applicable

to the notification of personal data breaches under Directive

2002/58/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on

privacy and electronic communications.".

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