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EDPB and EDPS warn Digital Omnibus would narrow GDPR's personal data definition

The EDPB and EDPS adopted a joint opinion warning that the Digital Omnibus's entity relative redefinition of personal data goes beyond a technical GDPR amendment and would narrow protection across the GDPR, ePrivacy Directive, Data Act and NIS2.

Verified Editor-read EDPB-EDPS Joint Opinion 2/2026, published by the European Data Protection Board, 11 February 2026

What it does not test. Does not establish that the Commission or the co-legislators will change the proposal.

How this item counts. No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0. Non-binding joint opinion warning; Digital Omnibus law unchanged so far. European Sovereignty Index

How this item was made. Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above; read and approved by the editor on 2026-09-19. How the record is made

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