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   The EU wants to make some major changes to GDPR - could big tech be getting   
   its way at last?   
      
   Date:   
   Thu, 20 Nov 2025 11:24:00 +0000   
      
   Description:   
   GDPR may allow certain data processing for AI training - if its anonymized or   
   pseudonymized.   
      
   FULL STORY   
      
   The European Union has revealed plans to simplify all of its digital   
   legislation in response to concerns regulatory complexity might be hampering   
   innovation and competitiveness, particularly within the realms of AI.    
      
   Portions of the GDPR, ePrivacy, Data Governance Act, Data Act and Free Flow    
   of Non-Personal Data Regulation will be simplified, as will the AI Act.    
      
   Ultimately, it aims to make it easier for companies to process   
   anonymized/pseudonymized data by allowing the use of certain personal data    
   for AI training.   
      
   GDPR to be changed to assist AI training    
      
   GDPR will introduce clearer definitions and mechanisms to distinguish   
   anonymized data thats suitable for training.    
      
   Separately from AI, the EU also wants to address so-called cookie banner   
   fatigue. Non-risk 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 need to respect).    
      
   Furthering simplification, several separate data-related laws will be merged   
   into the Data Act.    
      
   The accumulation of rules has sometimes had an adverse effect on   
   competitiveness, the European Commission explained, hence the pretty sizeable   
   changes set out by Commission President von der Leyen for her 2024-2029 term.    
      
   Moreover, the huge shift also aims to deal with outdated laws that no longer   
   fit the evolving digital landscape, which is a totally different one to when   
   many laws were initially introduced.    
      
   At the moment, though, the changes are only in consultation phase and are not   
   confirmed. The Commission also stressed the importance of consulting with   
   SMEs, which make up a considerable portion of the European business    
   landscape.    
      
   Provided the proposal enters into force by early 2027, the Digital Omnibus   
   could amount to at least EUR 5 billion in administrative cost savings for   
   businesses by the end of the Commission mandate in 2029, as well as a further   
   EUR 1 billion for public authorities, the Commission wrote.    
      
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   Link to news story:   
   https://www.techradar.com/pro/the-eu-wants-to-make-some-major-changes-to-gdpr-   
   could-big-tech-be-getting-its-way-at-last   
      
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