Digital Omnibus and GDPR: EU Commission Announcement

Описание: Full recording of the European Commission press conference presenting the “digital simplification package” including the Digital Omnibus proposals, held in Brussels on 19 November 2025.

European Commissioners Henna Virkkunen, Valdis Dombrovskis and Michael McGrath outline the Digital Omnibus package and answer questions from the press. The briefing explains how the proposals would adjust core EU digital legislation – including the AI Act, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the ePrivacy framework, NIS2, the Data Act, the Data Governance Act (DGA), the Free Flow of Non-Personal Data Regulation and the eIDAS Regulation – with the stated aim of simplifying rules, reducing administrative and compliance burdens, and supporting innovation and competitiveness in the EU’s digital economy.

Key topics covered include:
– targeted amendments to the AI Act and timing for high-risk AI systems
– streamlined cybersecurity incident reporting across multiple EU instruments
– changes to the use of personal, pseudonymous and anonymised data, including for AI model training
– modernisation of cookie consent and ePrivacy rules to address “cookie banner” fatigue
– the European Business Wallet and the Data Union Strategy
– the launch of a “digital fitness check” on the cumulative impact of EU digital rules

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Uploaded by James Tamim, EU Digital Policy analyst.

00:00 Henna Virkkunen
07:19 Valdis Dombrovskis
12:31 Michael McGrath
18:39 Press Question
19:09 Henna Virkkunen
22:03 Press Question
23:13 Valdis Dombrovskis
24:28 Henna Virkkunen
27:01 Michael McGrath
28:24 Press Question
29:39 Henna Virkkunen
32:25 Press Question
32:56 Henna Virkkunen
33:54 Valdis Dombrovskis
35:24 Press Question
36:18 Henna Virkkunen
38:03 Michael McGrath
29:18 Press Question
40:33 Henna Virkkunen
42:06 Michael McGrath
43:21 Press Question
44:18 Michael McGrath

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