Understanding the new ePrivacy Regulation and how it differs from GDPR by Christian Auty via @infomgmt

The ePR is expected to address electronic communications, including text messages, email, chat applications and IoT devices. Think of the ePR as the traffic cop for data as it travels between controllers and processors governed by GDPR.

This is an insightful article by Christian that I think is a good high level analysis of the differences between the two.

If you thought GDPR was bad – Just wait for ePrivacy Regulation by Lisa Loftis via @infomgmt

Regulators developed ePR because the volume and complexity of digital data are increasing exponentially and the environment for generating, storing and consuming it can be quite different from more traditional formats.

I like this explanation although as the author states it is still being negotiated at the moment. I'm sure the recent Facebook data problem has given many a clearer perspective on the need for some form of standard and documentation.