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title: "Article 3 — Services concerned"
type: regulation
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source: "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02002L0058-20091219"
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shortTitle: "Article 3 — Services concerned"
instrument_type: level1_directive
authority: Commission
binding: true
binding_character: binding
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legal_basis: "Directive 2002/58/EC"
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celex: "32002L0058"
regulation: ePrivacy
regulation-full: "Directive 2002/58/EC"
article: 3
status: in_force
object_id: eu.eprivacy.legal_text.article.3
text_version: "Consolidated version of 19 December 2009"
source_url: "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02002L0058-20091219"
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*In force · Consolidated version of 19 December 2009 · Checked against EUR-Lex on 26 Oct 2026 · [Official source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02002L0058-20091219)*

This Directive shall apply to the processing of personal data in connection with the provision of publicly available electronic communications services in public communications networks in the Community, including public communications networks supporting data collection and identification devices.

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[Chapter I — General provisions](../chapters/i.md) · [← Article 2](2.md) · [Article 4 →](4.md)