# Reopening GDPR and ePrivacy through the Digital Omnibus: a risky path for EU digital rights

- Type: News
- Source: European Digital Rights
- Date: 2026-02-11
- Original: https://edri.org/our-work/reopening-gdpr-and-eprivacy-through-the-digital-omnibus-a-risky-path-for-eu-digital-rights/
- Canonical: https://overview.legal/posts/52496
- Topics: Telecommunications, Cookies, Human Resources, Authority Powers for Fundamental Rights Protection, AI and Machine Learning

## Summary

EDRi has assessed the Digital Omnibus proposals affecting the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the ePrivacy framework. While presented as simplification, the changes amount to deregulation in effect, weakening fundamental rights safeguards, increasing legal uncertainty, and advancing through a process that falls short of democratic lawmaking standards.

## Full text

EDRi has assessed the Digital Omnibus proposals affecting the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the ePrivacy framework. While presented as simplification, the changes amount to deregulation in effect, weakening fundamental rights safeguards, increasing legal uncertainty, and advancing through a process that falls short of democratic lawmaking standards.

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