The EU Commission has secretly set in motion a potentially massive reform of the GDPR. noybs first overview of the proposed changes.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/38782740

As gradually leaked the last days by various news outlets, the EU Commission has secretly set in motion a potentially massive reform of the GDPR. If internal drafts become reality, this would have significant impact on people’s fundamental right to privacy and data protection. The reform would be part of the so-called “Digital Omnibus” which was supposed to only bring targeted adjustments to simplify compliance for businesses. Now, the Commission proposes changes to core elements like the definition of “personal data” and all data subject’s rights under the GDPR. The leaked draft also suggests to give AI companies (like Google, Meta or OpenAI) a blank check to suck up European’s personal data. In addition, the special protection of sensitive data like health data, political views or sexual orientation would be significantly reduced. Also, remote access to personal data on PCs or smart phones without consent of the user would be enabled. Many elements of the envisaged reform would overturn CJEU case law, violate European Conventions and the European Charter of Fundamental Rights. If this extreme draft will become the official position of the European Commission, will only become clear on 19 November, when the “Digital Omnibus” will be officially presented. Schrems: “This would be a massive downgrading of European’s privacy ten years after the GDPR was adopted.”

  • verdi@feddit.org
    3·
    18 hours ago

    Denmark is a very corrupt country masked as a civilized country.

    The Danish elites vacuum resources from countries and people with the help of their banks, pharma and shipping companies. Anyone who followed the Estonian Danske Bank scandal, or the miriad of Mærsks’ scandals knows that Denmark functions as a mafia state that bribes their citizenry to turn a blind eye while it exploits less developed countries and launders money for fascist leaders across the world. The Danske bank money laundering (800billion €) was the single largest financial scandal in the history of the EU. No Danish (non hyphenated) citizen was arrested. Meanwhile, Denmark was always a US trojan horse within EU policymaking, the chat-control crisis is just another mask-off moment for the reason why companies like Falck receive special treatment by the US government.

    As a curious note, while the Danes benefit from a well known welfare state, Falck lobbies in the US government against that same system for US citizenry.

    I look forward to the day the Danes wake up from their slumber to hold their elites and political establishment over the fire for making them accomplices of so many unconscionable acts.