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# EDRi says Council draft strips worst GDPR and ePrivacy cuts, risks remain
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2026-03-17-edri-digital-omnibus-council-compromise-assessment/
- Published: 2026-03-17T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-18T13:55:30.000Z
- Description: EDRi assessed the Council's first Digital Omnibus compromise and found damaging changes to the GDPR's personal data definition, scientific research rules and Article 22 dropped, though AI development and terminal equipment provisions remain unresolved.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Policy and law, #news, #reported, #opinion, #ai-drafted

Reported Opinion AI-drafted [EDRi policy analysis, 17 March 2026](https://edri.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/EDRi-Data-Omnibus-Analysis-Council-Compromise-text.pdf?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** Does not establish the final Council or trilogue text; the compromise EDRi reviewed was a draft.

**How this item counts.** No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0\. law: digital rights group flags GDPR/ePrivacy risks still open in Council's Omnibus draft. [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/)

**How this item was made.** Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above and published under the editor’s responsibility without a person reading it first. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)