Directive 2002/58/EC (Directive on privacy and electronic communications) is hereby amended as follows:

1) Article 1(1) shall be replaced by the following:

'1. This Directive provides for the harmonisation of the national provisions required to ensure an equivalent level of protection of fundamental rights and freedoms, and in particular the right to privacy and confidentiality, with respect to the processing of personal data in the electronic communication sector and to ensure the free movement of such data and of electronic communication equipment and services in the Community.',

2) Article 2 shall be amended as follows:

(a) point (c) shall be replaced by the following:

'(c) "location data" means any data processed in an electronic communications network or by an electronic communications service, indicating the geographic position of the terminal equipment of a user of a publicly available electronic communications service;',

(b) point (e) shall be deleted;

(c) the following point shall be added: