# Simplification for whom? Open letter to EU Member States to uphold GDPR protections in Digital Omnibus on Data

- Type: News
- Source: European Digital Rights
- Date: 2026-09-24
- Original: https://edri.org/our-work/simplification-for-whom-open-letter-uphold-gdpr-protections-in-data-omnibus/
- Canonical: https://overview.legal/posts/354281

## Summary

Over the past months, the European Commission's Digital Omnibus on Data has turned into a wider discussion about how much protection the data – and with it, the rights – of people in the EU should receive in the name of AI, innovation and competitiveness. That discussion has now reached a critical stage in the Council.

## Full text

Over the past months, the European Commission's Digital Omnibus on Data has turned into a wider discussion about how much protection the data – and with it, the rights – of people in the EU should receive in the name of AI, innovation and competitiveness. That discussion has now reached a critical stage in the Council.

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