"The GDPR is the most comprehensive model for privacy legislation around the world. While it is far from perfect and suffers from uneven enforcement, complexities and certain administrative burdens, the omnibus package is full of bad and confusing ideas that, on balance, will significantly weaken privacy protections for users in the name of cutting red tape. It contains at least one good idea: improving consent rules so users can automatically set consent preferences that will apply across all sites."
"Businesses have been complaining about GDPR red tape since its inception, and new rules are supposed to make compliance easier and turbocharge the development of AI in the EU. Simplification is framed as a precondition for firms to scale up in the EU, ironically targeting laws that were also argued to promote innovation in Europe. It might also stave off tariffs the U.S. has threatened to levy, thanks in part to heavy lobbying from Meta and tech lobbying groups."
The European Commission is considering a Digital Omnibus package that would substantially rewrite the GDPR to reduce compliance costs and administrative burdens for businesses. The package aims to simplify regulations to boost productivity, support innovation, and accelerate AI development across the EU. The most striking proposal would narrow the definition of personal data, undermining the GDPR’s foundational protections. The package also responds to industry lobbying and U.S. tariff pressures. One concrete improvement would allow centralized user consent preferences across sites, but most proposals risk significantly weakening user privacy while delivering limited simplification benefits.
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