People's sexual orientation, ethnicity, or political views could be exposed in proposed EU changes to the 'GDPR' digital-rights laws, civil society experts warn, after a leaked draft.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/52834195

https://archive.is/je5sj

“If adopted, these amendments would not simplify compliance but hollow out the GDPR’s and ePrivacy’s core guarantees: purpose limitation, accountability, and independent oversight,” Itxaso Dominguez de Olazabal, from the European Digital Rights group, told EUobserver.

The draft includes adjustments to what is considered “personal data,” a key component of the GDPR and protected by Article 8 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.

  • iii@mander.xyzEnglish
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    2 hours ago

    commenter justifying why the EU is attempting to loosen their privacy laws.

    They’re not?

    They’re listing 2 possibilities:

    Status quo: the whole AI (and tech in general) remains foreign controlled.

    EU makes a change in GDPR Law

    Maybe you can add a third option, like: “Perhaps GDPR law isn’t the reason why AI and tech sector in EU is so non-existant”, and a constructive conversation could’ve been had.

    Has anything I’ve written even read like I’m forming a group of like minded people, virtue signaling, and running the other person out of town?

    Yes.

    when I’m clearly responding to what the person wrote and only what the person wrote

    That’s sadly incorrect. You responded to an incorrect assumption made about the original comment.