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The European Commission unveiled a digital omnibus package aimed at cutting compliance burdens for businesses while keeping core protections for data protection, cybersecurity, safety, and fairness intact. The proposal would simplify rules across AI, cyber, and data regulation, including delaying some obligations for high-risk AI systems until standards and support tools are ready, creating a single entry point for cybersecurity incident reporting, and making targeted adjustments to the GDPR and the Data Act. Brussels said the measures could save companies up to €5 billion in administrative costs by 2029, alongside broader plans such as a data union strategy to expand access to high-quality data for AI and strengthen safeguards for sensitive non-personal data.
In the United States, policy advocates renewed calls for Congress to pass the SECURE Data Act as a federal privacy framework to replace the current patchwork of state laws with a single national standard. The proposal would emphasize data minimization, require affirmative consent for sensitive personal information, add protections around automated profiling and children’s data, and rely on enforcement by the Federal Trade Commission and state attorneys general. Together, the developments reflect parallel efforts on both sides of the Atlantic to streamline digital compliance while establishing clearer privacy and data-governance rules for businesses and emerging technologies.
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As part of the same 2025-11-19 announcement, the European Commission said it had launched a digital fitness check and a public consultation under its broader competitiveness agenda. It also stated that the legislative proposals would proceed to the European Parliament and the Council.
On 2025-11-19, the European Commission announced a digital omnibus package to simplify AI, cybersecurity, data, and privacy compliance rules for EU businesses while maintaining protections for rights, safety, and fairness. The package included proposals such as delaying some high-risk AI compliance obligations until support tools and standards are available and creating a single-entry point for cybersecurity incident reporting.
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The European Commission has introduced a legislative package, known as the Digital Omnibus, aimed at simplifying and consolidating digital regulations across the European Union. This proposal seeks to merge multiple pieces of legislation into a single framework, streamlining rules on artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and data management. A key component of the package is the relaxation of certain General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) provisions, including delaying the enforcement of regulations on high-risk AI systems and permitting companies to use personal data for AI training without prior user consent in most cases. The initiative also includes the launch of a European Business Wallet to facilitate digital operations for companies and public sector bodies, and a new Data Union Strategy to unlock high-quality data for AI development. EU officials argue that these changes will reduce administrative burdens and compliance costs for businesses, fostering innovation and competitiveness within the bloc. However, the proposal has drawn criticism from privacy and digital rights advocates, as well as some political parties, who warn that it could significantly weaken data privacy protections that have been a hallmark of the EU's regulatory landscape. The legislative package must still be approved by the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union, and its future remains uncertain amid ongoing debate over the balance between innovation and fundamental rights.
Jul 12, 2026
The European Commission is preparing to introduce the "Digital Omnibus" legislative package, which includes significant amendments to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and related digital privacy laws. Leaked drafts of the proposal reveal changes that privacy advocates argue would create major loopholes, particularly by relaxing rules on pseudonymized data and shifting cookie regulation from the ePrivacy Directive to the GDPR. Critics, including Max Schrems and privacy groups like Noyb, warn that these reforms would undermine existing privacy protections, making it easier for companies—especially large tech and advertising firms—to exploit personal data for commercial purposes. The proposed amendments would also allow broader processing of cookie-derived data under a "closed list of low-risk purposes" or other legal bases, moving away from the current strict opt-in requirements. Privacy experts contend that these changes could violate European Court of Justice rulings and the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, representing the most significant attack on European privacy since the GDPR's inception. The official unveiling of the Digital Omnibus package is expected on November 19, 2025, and the reforms have sparked strong opposition from privacy advocates who believe the legislative process is being rushed and lacks proper oversight, potentially eroding the rights of EU citizens in favor of industry interests.
Jul 12, 2026
European privacy watchdogs and digital rights advocates are pushing back against the European Commission’s proposed **“Digital Omnibus”** package, arguing that amendments billed as regulatory “streamlining” could **weaken EU privacy protections** and erode fundamental rights. Reported concerns focus on proposed changes to the **GDPR**, including narrowing the definition of **personal data** so that not all data that could potentially be linked to an identifiable person would qualify, alongside other adjustments intended to reduce compliance friction (e.g., reducing cookie banner requirements in some cases and simplifying multi-law breach notification processes). Separately, UK officials told Parliament that **legacy IT** is impeding implementation of technical controls meant to prevent repeats of the Ministry of Defence’s highly sensitive Afghan data exposure, where roughly **19,000** resettlement applicants’ details were compromised via a **CC instead of BCC** email error. The government’s Information Security Review recommended shifting cross-government information sharing away from email/attachments and toward source-based sharing, but ministers and the chief data officer cited departmental system fragmentation as a barrier to rolling out attachment-blocking and safer data-transfer mechanisms at scale.
Jun 29, 2026