<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial; min-height: 14px; "><span style="font-size: 11.5px; "><br></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial; min-height: 14px; "><span style="font-size: 11.5px; ">"</span><span style="font-size: 11.5px; ">The European Commission's proposal on harmonising electronic communications services across the EU will unduly </span><b style="font-size: 11.5px; ">limit internet freedom</b><span style="font-size: 11.5px; ">, says the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS). In his Opinion, the EDPS welcomes the inclusion of the principle of </span><b style="font-size: 11.5px; ">net neutrality </b><span style="font-size: 11.5px; ">- the impartial transmission of information on the internet � in the text, but also said that it is </span><b style="font-size: 11.5px; ">devoid </b><span style="font-size: 11.5px; ">of substance because of the almost unlimited right of providers to manage internet traffic.</span><span style="font-size: 11.5px; "> "</span></div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://secure.edps.europa.eu/EDPSWEB/webdav/site/mySite/shared/Documents/EDPS/PressNews/Press/2013/EDPS-2013-10_eComms_EN.pdf">https://secure.edps.europa.eu/EDPSWEB/webdav/site/mySite/shared/Documents/EDPS/PressNews/Press/2013/EDPS-2013-10_eComms_EN.pdf</a></div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://secure.edps.europa.eu/EDPSWEB/webdav/site/mySite/shared/Documents/Consultation/Opinions/2013/13-11-14_Electronic_Communications_EN.pdf">https://secure.edps.europa.eu/EDPSWEB/webdav/site/mySite/shared/Documents/Consultation/Opinions/2013/13-11-14_Electronic_Communications_EN.pdf</a></div><div><br></div></body></html>