New EU Directive Strengthens Data Protection and Notification Regulations for Public Communication.
The article discusses the changes made to the Directive on Privacy and Electronic Communications in 2009 and the Data Breach Notification Regulation 611/2013. The Directive applies data protection rules to public communication providers, focusing on the concept of "security" and defining "personal data breach." The Regulation 611/2013 establishes legal requirements for data breach notifications and aims to standardize data security breach notifications across the EU.