Written by: Haim Ravia, Dotan Hammer
The European Commission has introduced two draft regulations to amend GDPR and AI legislation.
The first is the “Digital Omnibus Regulation Proposal”, which proposes technical amendments to a large corpus of digital legislation (including the GDPR, ePrivacy, the Data Act, and others) in order to reduce administrative burdens on business and public administrations and stimulate competitiveness.
The second is the “Digital Omnibus AI Regulation Proposal”, proposing targeted simplification measures specific to the forthcoming Artificial Intelligence Act in order to facilitate the timely, smooth, and proportionate implementation of certain of its provisions.
The first proposal emphasizes that compliance with the digital rule-book should “come at a lower cost, deliver on the same objectives, and bring in itself a competitive advantage to responsible businesses.” The second proposal emphasizes the importance of ensuring that certain transitional obligations applicable to high-risk AI systems are proportionate and structured to facilitate effective deployment without unnecessary burdens.
For practitioners, the twin proposals signal a shift in the EU’s digital-law policy: while the regulatory architecture remains substantial, the Commission is signaling relief in selected areas (for example, by streamlining incident-reporting portals, harmonizing DPIA requirements, clarifying definitions such as “personal data”, reducing cookie-consent burdens in aggregated tracking scenarios, and ensuring clearer adaptation requirements for AI-providers).
Click here to read the Digital Omnibus Regulation Proposal.
Click here to read the Digital Omnibus AI Regulation Proposal.
Click here to read our client update on the EU’s twin proposals.
