# Review — ePrivacy Directive — context bundle > Focused context for a single provision, curated from overview.legal on 2026-10-18. Canonical page: https://overview.legal/laws/eprivacy/art-18 > Every item cites its source. Verify against the official text (EUR-Lex / wetten.overheid.nl) before relying on it. ## Provision ### Review — Review *ePrivacy Directive, eprivacy-art-18-en — https://overview.legal/laws/eprivacy/art-18* ReviewThe Commission shall submit to the European Parliament and the Council, not later than three years after the date referred to in Article 17(1), a report on the application of this Directive and its impact on economic operators and consumers, in particular as regards the provisions on unsolicited communications, taking into account the international environment. For this purpose, the Commission may request information from the Member States, which shall be supplied without undue delay. Where appropriate, the Commission shall submit proposals to amend this Directive, taking account of the results of that report, any changes in the sector and any other proposal it may deem necessary in order to improve the effectiveness of this Directive. ## Guidance ### Statement 1/2026 of the EDPB on smart glasses *EDPB — https://overview.legal/posts/599339* 1 | Adopted Statement on Smart glasses Adopted on 13 October 2026 The European Data Protection Board has adopted the following statement: 1 Introduction 1 As smart glasses become widely available and more frequently used, they create new opportunities for communication, assistance, and innovation, while also raising significant questions for the protection of personal data and the rights of individuals. This statement sets out the EDPB’s preliminary reflections on the privacy implications of… ### Guidelines 3/2025 on the interplay between the DSA and the GDPR *EDPB — https://overview.legal/posts/51175* G uidelines 3/2025 on the interplay between the DSA and the GDPR Version 2.0 Adopted on 17 September 2026 1 | Adopted Version history Version Date Adoption information Version 2.0 17 September 2026 Adoption of the Guidelines after public consultation Version 1.1 12 September 2025 Minor corrections in the executive summary Version 1.0 11 September 2025 Adoption of the Guidelines for public consultation 3 | Adopted of special categories of data to present advertisements based on profiling.… ### Reply to the civil society open letter in response on recent spyware abuse cases in the EU *EDPB — https://overview.legal/posts/53741* EDPB, Reply to the civil society open letter in response on recent spyware abuse cases in the EU ### Opinion 2/2026 on the Proposal for a Directive amending Directives (EU) 2016/2341 and 2016/97 as regards the strengthening of the framework for occupational retirement provision *EDPS — https://overview.legal/posts/51418* EDPB - EDPS JOINT OPINION 2 /2026 On the Proposal for a Regulation as regards the simplification of the digital legislative framework (Digital Omnibus) Adopted on 1 0 February 2026 2 4 Executive summary On 19 November 2025, the European Commission (the ‘Commission’) issued a Digital Omnibus p roposal 1 amending a large corpus of the EU digital legislation, including the GDPR, the Single Digital Gateway Regulation, the EUDPR, the Data Act, the ePrivacy Directive, the Cybersecurity Directive, NIS… ### EDPB-EDPS Joint opinion 2/2026 on the Proposal for a Regulation as regards the simplification of the digital legislative framework ( *EDPB — https://overview.legal/posts/53739* EDPB, EDPB-EDPS Joint opinion 2/2026 on the Proposal for a Regulation as regards the simplification of the digital legislative framework (Digital Omnibus) ## Related topics - **Direct Marketing** — https://overview.legal/topics/direct-marketing ## Legal Framework --- Generated by overview.legal · https://overview.legal/laws/eprivacy/art-18 · 2026-10-18