EU Privacy Watchdogs Pan Digital Omnibus
EU Privacy Watchdogs Pan Digital Omnibus
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Publish Date: 2026-02-12 13:18:00
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Critics Say Regulation Amendments Would Chip Away at Fundamental Rights
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A slew of amendments to European tech regulations touted by the European Commission as necessary for boosting continental competitiveness is receiving pushback from privacy watchdogs unhappy with changes that could water down EU privacy laws.
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The commission presented its so-called “Digital Omnibus” package of legal changes in November, arguing that the bloc’s tech rules needed streamlining. The bill is on a fast-track procedure, though the commission must still negotiate the final text with the European Parliament and Council of the EU, which represents the bloc’s member states.
Some of the tweaks were expected and have been broadly welcomed, such as doing away with obtrusive cookie consent banners in many cases, and making it simpler for companies to notify of data breaches in a way that satisfies the requirements of multiple laws in one go. But digital rights and consumer advocates are reacting furiously to an unexpected proposal for modifying the General Data Protection Regulation.
These include narrowing the definition of personal data, so that the classification would no longer apply to all data that can potentially be connected with an identifiable person. Instead, if an organization processing someone’s data cannot itself connect the information with the individual, the GDPR rules would fall away – even if the organization could then pass the data on to a third party, such as an ad broker, who could easily make the connection.
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