The European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) has said there are “regulatory gaps” in the scope of EU laws in certain cases of security breaches, Out-Law.com reports. Breaches affecting companies such as LinkedIn and Research In Motion were examples of incidents that had not “clearly” fallen within EU laws. ENISA has asked the European Commission and national authorities to rethink the interpretation of “electronic communication services” in order to close these alleged regulatory gaps. “This can be done without necessarily changing the text of existing legislation…but rather the interpretation of what the services are…because the landscape of electronic communications is continuously changing,” according to an ENISA report.
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