The European Data Protection Board¹ (EDPB) and the European Data Protection Supervisor² (EDPS) adopted on 10 February 2026 a joint opinion (Joint Opinion 2/2026³) on the European Commission’s Digital Omnibus initiative (described by the Commission as “a set of technical amendments to a large corpus of digital legislation, selected to bring immediate relief to businesses, public administrations, and citizens alike, and to stimulate competitiveness”).

Although both bodies welcome (and largely endorse) the Commission’s proposals set out in the initiative (subject to certain caveats), the opinion expresses marked unease with the proposed approach to redefining personal data, which would be recalibrated to align with the CJEU’s most recent interpretation of the concept [Case C-413/23 (EDPS v SRB)⁴].Continue Reading Towards a Contextual Concept of Personal Data Under the GDPR: the Commission Moves Forward, the EDPB and EDPS Push Back