- The EU has proposed changes to current digital legislation
- GDPR would be amended to allow AI training on certain personal data
- Other changes aim to simplify processes and remove obsolete/unnecessary steps
The European Union has revealed plans to simplify all of its digital legislation in response to concerns that regulatory complexity could hamper innovation and competitiveness, particularly in the area of AI.
Parts of the GDPR, ePrivacy, Data Governance Act, Data Act and Free Movement of Non-Personal Data Regulations will be simplified, as will the AI Act.
Ultimately, it aims to facilitate the processing of anonymized/pseudonymized data by companies by authorizing the use of certain personal data for AI training.
GDPR will be amended to facilitate AI training
The GDPR will introduce clearer definitions and mechanisms to distinguish anonymized data suitable for training.
Separate from AI, the EU also wants to combat so-called cookie banner fatigue. Risk-free cookies will no longer require consent pop-ups and users will be able to manage consent centrally at the browser level (which websites will then have to respect).
For the sake of simplification, several separate data-related laws will be merged into the Data Act.
“The accumulation of rules has sometimes had a negative effect on competitiveness,” explained the European Commission, hence the fairly significant changes announced by Commission President von der Leyen for her 2024-2029 mandate.
Furthermore, this broad change also aims to address outdated laws that no longer fit with the changing digital landscape, which is completely different from when many of the laws were initially introduced.
For now, the changes are only in the consultation phase and are not confirmed. The Commission also underlined the importance of consulting SMEs, which represent a considerable part of the European economic landscape.
“Provided that the proposal enters into force in early 2027, the Digital Omnibus could represent at least €5 billion in administrative cost savings for businesses by the end of the Commission’s mandate in 2029, as well as an additional €1 billion for public authorities,” the Commission writes.
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