The European Commission's Digital Omnibus, announced Nov. 19 (see 2511190005), sparked strong support and opposition from EU lawmakers at a streamed Tuesday evening plenary discussion with Henna Virkkunen, EC executive vice-president, tech sovereignty, security and democracy.
The change to the definition of "personal data" in the GDPR is one of the most significant proposals in the European Commission's new digital omnibus, privacy attorneys and advocates said. It's unclear so far whether the reform represents a pragmatic or messy approach to data protection, they added.
BRUSSELS -- Geopolitical issues are affecting privacy and digital regulation this year, speakers said Wednesday at the IAPP Data Protection Europe Congress. Polarization is influencing the policies that affect privacy practitioners' work, said Hogan Lovells data protection attorney Eduardo Ustaran.
BRUSSELS -- It has taken time for DPAs to get up to speed on what the GDPR means in practice and how to carry out fast, objectively fair enforcement actions, Irish Data Protection Commissioner Dale Sunderland said Wednesday at the IAPP Data Protection Europe Congress.
BRUSSELS -- The European Commission's digital omnibus, published Wednesday, tweaks the GDPR without affecting its core as it tries to bring the regulation more in line with current practices, Hogan Lovells privacy attorney Eduardo Ustaran said at the IAPP Data Protection Europe Congress. The tech sector called for broader change, while digital rights and consumer groups accused the EC of harming individuals.
European Commission simplification efforts could help organizations boost compliance and make meaningful changes to their digital governance structures, IAPP officials told us Friday.
Expect vibrant, passionate debate among stakeholders over the European Commission's digital simplification package, similar to what transpired during development of the GDPR, IAPP officials said at a briefing Thursday, which was prompted by an apparently leaked draft (see Ref:2511100006]).
The U.S. Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) takes an EU-like approach to data scraping and could serve as a precedent for new laws that allow scraping in certain situations while banning it in others, said law professors Daniel Solove of George Washington University and Woodrow Hartzog of Boston University during a webinar Tuesday where they discussed their paper on the clash between scraping and privacy (see 2510160018).
The leaking of several documents Friday that apparently are a draft of the European Commission's digital simplification package, including GDPR reform, prompted mixed reactions from privacy professionals and advocates.
As the European Commission readies a "digital omnibus" proposal to simplify data laws and reduce business obligations, any reforms -- including to the GDPR -- must be evidence-based and continue recognizing data protection as a fundamental right, privacy lawyers said.