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Draft changes would create new exceptions for AI companies that would allow them to legally process special categories of data (like a person’s religious or political beliefs, ethnicity or health data) to train and operate their tech. The Commission is also planning to reframe the definition of such special category data, which are afforded extra protections under the privacy rules.
Documents seen by POLITICO show that Estonia, France, Austria and Slovenia are firmly against any rewrite of the General Data Protection Regulation. Germany — usually seen as one of the most privacy-minded countries — on the other hand is pushing for big changes to help AI.
This isn’t good.
The full “leaked” draft document for the relevant section: https://noyb.eu/sites/default/files/2025-11/EU-Kommission-Digital-Omnibus-A-Data-Act-und-DSGVO.pdf
Here’s a document which identifies and provides some analysis for each change appearing in the draft document: https://noyb.eu/sites/default/files/2025-11/GDPR_Reform_Draft_Analysis_v2.pdf
If anyone has a politico pro account (or a working circumvention) I’d really like to see the draft documents politico is hosting here: https://api.politico.eu/editorial_documents/983b557d-ec7e-4634-9e99-ce5f7b3edc71 behind their paywall.
These laws have an effect outside of the EU by the way. A lot of businesses end up using standards set by the GDPR for their operations across the globe.
