The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) and the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) adopted a Joint Opinion on the European Commission’s Digital Omnibus Regulation proposal. The proposal, published by the Commission on November 19, 2025, aims to simplify the EU’s digital regulatory framework by amending key legislation, including the GDPR, the ePrivacy Directive, the Data Act, and the NIS 2 ...
The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) adopted its work program for 2026–2027 during its latest plenary session. This is the second work program supporting the implementation of the EDPB’s four-pillar strategy for 2024–2027, and reflects commitments made in the Helsinki Statement on enhanced clarity, support, and engagement.
The program is structured around four pillars. The first pillar focuses on enhancing ...
The U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari in Salazar v. Paramount Global, agreeing to resolve a deepening circuit split over who qualifies as a “consumer” under the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA). The VPPA, enacted in 1988 following the publication of Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork’s video rental records, prohibits “video tape service providers” from knowingly disclosing “personally identifiable information” concerning ...
Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones announced that his office intends to fully enforce new provisions of the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (VCDPA) that restrict minors’ use of social media. The announcement follows the AG’s filing of a motion to dismiss a federal lawsuit brought by NetChoice, a trade association representing major technology and social media companies, seeking to block ...
The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) published its report on the stakeholder event on anonymization and pseudonymization held on December 12, 2025. The remote event gathered input from 115 participants spanning industry, NGOs, academia, law firms, and public sector bodies to inform the EDPB’s ongoing work on its Guidelines 01/2025 on Pseudonymization and forthcoming guidance on anonymization.
The event was ...
Data protection authorities from across the globe have published a Joint Statement on AI-Generated Imagery and the Protection of Privacy, representing the united position of 61 authorities. The statement, coordinated by the Global Privacy Assembly’s International Enforcement Cooperation Working Group, was in response to serious concerns about artificial intelligence systems that generate realistic images and videos depicting identifiable individuals without ...
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