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# Commission proposes raising GDPR recordkeeping exemption to 750 employees
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-05-21-eu-commission-gdpr-recordkeeping-simplification/
- Published: 2025-05-21T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-22T04:00:50.000Z
- Description: On 21 May 2025 the Commission's Omnibus IV package proposed widening the GDPR Article 30 recordkeeping exemption from under 250 to under 750 employees, unless processing is high risk. Nearly 38,000 small mid-cap firms would qualify.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Policy and law, #news, #reported, #ai-drafted

Reported AI-drafted [Noerr legal update, 22 May 2025](https://www.noerr.com/en/insights/european-commission-proposal-for-simplification-of-gdpr-record-keeping-obligations-of-organisations-with-fewer-than-750-employees?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** This does not establish whether Parliament and Council will adopt the change or how enforcement practice shifts.

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