GDPR Omnibus: EU “simplification” far removed from real business needs

GDPR Policy Ever since the European Commission has published its Digital Omnibus proposal, discussions about the workload the GDPR creates for businesses in Europe have intensified. Among other things, the Commission wants to restrict the Right of Access, allegedly to reduce the regulatory burden. But do these changes actually reflect the needs of privacy professionals working at companies? To find out more, noyb conducted a survey asking Data Protection Officers (DPOs) which elements of the GDPR take up most of their time – and where it is best spent to ensure people's data protection.Turns out, most professionals don’t want protections to be cut back, but to reduce documentation duties and paperwork. In many cases, they even ask for clearer laws instead of more ‘flexibility’, which is hard to manage for most companies. Download the Survey here! Input straight from the source. The European Commission’s key argument for changing the GDPR is reducing the alleged ‘regulatory burden’ for