{"id":561304,"date":"2025-11-10T11:52:19","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T11:52:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/561304\/"},"modified":"2025-11-10T11:52:19","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T11:52:19","slug":"brussels-knifes-privacy-to-feed-the-ai-boom-politico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/561304\/","title":{"rendered":"Brussels knifes\u00a0privacy\u00a0to feed the AI boom \u2013 POLITICO"},"content":{"rendered":"

Draft changes would create new exceptions for AI companies that would allow them to legally process special categories of data (like a person\u2019s religious or political beliefs, ethnicity or health data) to train and operate their tech.\u00a0The Commission is also planning to reframe the definition of such special category data, which are afforded extra protections under the privacy rules. \u00a0<\/p>\n

Officials also want to redefine what constitutes as personal data, saying that pseudonymized data (where personal details have been obscured so a person can\u2019t be identified) might not always be subject to the GDPR\u2019s protections, a change that reflects a\u00a0recent ruling<\/a>\u00a0from the EU\u2019s top court.<\/p>\n

Finally, it wants to reform Europe’s pesky cookie banner rules by inserting a provision into the GDPR that would give website and app owners more legal grounds to justify tracking users beyond simply obtaining their consent.<\/p>\n

The draft proposal could still change before the Commission officially unveils its plans on Nov. 19.<\/p>\n

Once presented, the omnibus package has to pass muster with EU countries and lawmakers, who are already sharply divided on whether to touch privacy protections. \u00a0<\/p>\n

\"\"But Finnish center-right lawmaker Aura Salla said she would \u201cwarmly\u201d welcome the proposal \u201cif done correctly,\u201d as it could bring legal certainty for AI companies. | Alexis Haulot\/European Parliament<\/p>\n

Documents seen by POLITICO show that Estonia, France, Austria and Slovenia are firmly against<\/a> any rewrite of the General Data Protection Regulation. Germany \u2014 usually seen as one of the most privacy-minded countries \u2014 on the other hand is pushing<\/a> for big changes to help AI.<\/p>\n

In the European Parliament, the issue is expected to divide groups. Czech Greens lawmaker Mark\u00e9ta Gregorov\u00e1 said she is \u201csurprised and concerned” that the GDPR is being reopened. She warned that Europeans\u2019 fundamental rights \u201cmust carry more weight than financial interests.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

But Finnish center-right lawmaker Aura Salla \u2014\u00a0who previously led Meta’s Brussels lobbying office \u2014\u00a0said she would \u201cwarmly\u201d welcome the proposal \u201cif done correctly,\u201d as it could bring legal certainty for AI companies. Salla emphasized that the Commission will have to \u201censure it is European researchers and companies, not just third country giants that gain a competitive edge from our own rules.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Draft changes would create new exceptions for AI companies that would allow them to legally process special categories…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":561305,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3163],"tags":[323,3721,1942,178986,7907,7960,2437,2814,12491,7963,6511,7964,1112,34377,36,1824,806,1302,678,178987,11582,33109,53219,100609,14921,7965,6512,2443,48,13492,182,53,16,15,49],"class_list":{"0":"post-561304","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-artificial-intelligence","8":"tag-ai","9":"tag-algorithms","10":"tag-artificial-intelligence","11":"tag-aura-salla","12":"tag-austria","13":"tag-big-data","14":"tag-companies","15":"tag-data","16":"tag-data-breaches","17":"tag-data-flows","18":"tag-data-protection","19":"tag-enforcement","20":"tag-estonia","21":"tag-eu-u-s-privacy-shield","22":"tag-france","23":"tag-germany","24":"tag-industry","25":"tag-innovation","26":"tag-ireland","27":"tag-jan-philipp-albrecht","28":"tag-lobbying","29":"tag-mario-draghi","30":"tag-marketa-gregorova","31":"tag-max-schrems","32":"tag-omnibus","33":"tag-platforms","34":"tag-privacy","35":"tag-regulation","36":"tag-rights","37":"tag-slovenia","38":"tag-social-media","39":"tag-technology","40":"tag-uk","41":"tag-united-kingdom","42":"tag-united-states"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115525265278812606","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=561304"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561304\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/561305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=561304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=561304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=561304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}