EU Privacy Regulator Objects to Narrowing Individual Rights

The European Union’s top data protection regulator asked lawmakers Wednesday to reject proposed changes to the bloc’s flagship privacy law, citing concerns about narrowing individuals’ privacy rights and creating legal uncertainty.

The European Data Protection Board, which ensures consistent enforcement of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation across all 27 member states, and the European Data Protection Supervisor, a privacy watchdog, pushed back on some of the proposed changes from a November package of amendments to the bloc’s cyber, AI, and privacy rules.

Proposed changes from the European Commission, the EU’s executive body, to the definition of personal data go ...