Directive on privacy and electronic communications

European Union Directive on the protection of data and privacy of individuals in the electronic communications sector
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Directive on privacy and electronic communications

Summary

Directive on privacy and electronic communications is a directive of the European Union[1]. It draws 60 Wikipedia views per month (directive_of_the_european_union category, ranking #14 of 105).[2]

Key Facts

  • Directive on privacy and electronic communications's image is recorded as Flag of Europe.svg[3].
  • Directive on privacy and electronic communications's instance of is recorded as directive of the European Union[4].
  • Directive on privacy and electronic communications's main regulatory text is recorded as Treaty of Rome[5].
  • Directive on privacy and electronic communications's place of publication is recorded as Official Journal of the European Union[6].
  • Directive on privacy and electronic communications's legislated by is recorded as European Parliament[7].
  • Directive on privacy and electronic communications's legislated by is recorded as Council of the European Union[8].
  • Directive on privacy and electronic communications's CELEX number is recorded as 32002L0058[9].
  • Directive on privacy and electronic communications's publication date is recorded as +2002-07-31T00:00:00Z[10].
  • Directive on privacy and electronic communications's start time is recorded as +2002-07-31T00:00:00Z[11].
  • Directive on privacy and electronic communications's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02qv74_[12].
  • Directive on privacy and electronic communications's work available at URL is recorded as https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=CELEX:32002L0058[13].
  • Directive on privacy and electronic communications's applies to jurisdiction is recorded as European Union[14].
  • Directive on privacy and electronic communications's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': '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)'}[15].
  • Directive on privacy and electronic communications's title is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Directive 2002/58/CE du Parlement européen et du Conseil du 12 juillet 2002 concernant le traitement des données à caractère personnel et la protection de la vie privée dans le secteur des communications électroniques (directive vie privée et communications électroniques)'}[16].
  • Directive on privacy and electronic communications's title is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Richtlinie 2002/58/EG des Europäischen Parlaments und des Rates vom 12. Juli 2002 über die Verarbeitung personenbezogener Daten und den Schutz der Privatsphäre in der elektronischen Kommunikation (Datenschutzrichtlinie für elektronische Kommunikation)'}[17].
  • Directive on privacy and electronic communications's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Directive on privacy and electronic communications'}[18].
  • Directive on privacy and electronic communications's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Datenschutzrichtlinie für elektronische Kommunikation'}[19].
  • Directive on privacy and electronic communications's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'directive vie privée et communications électroniques'}[20].
  • Directive on privacy and electronic communications's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C135522663[21].

Why It Matters

Directive on privacy and electronic communications draws 60 Wikipedia views per month (directive_of_the_european_union category, ranking #14 of 105).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . EUR-Lex. eur-lex.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . eur-lex.europa.eu. eur-lex.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  7. [9] . EUR-Lex. eur-lex.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Official Journal of the European Union. eur-lex.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Official Journal of the European Union. eur-lex.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . EUR-Lex. eur-lex.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . EUR-Lex. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . EUR-Lex. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . EUR-Lex. wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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