EU tech simplification shouldn’t weaken digital rulebook, lawmaker Sippel says
By Júlia Tar ( January 22, 2026, 15:34 GMT | Comment) -- Proposed efforts by the European Commission to simplify EU digital rules through packages unveiled in November risk weakening existing data protection safeguards if they’re approved too quickly and without careful assessment. This is particularly true for proposed changes to the General Data Protection Regulation and personal data rights, German lawmaker Birgit Sippel told MLex in an interview.Proposed efforts by the European Commission to simplify EU digital rules may risk weakening existing data protection safeguards if approved too quickly and without careful assessment, particularly in the case of the General Data Protection Regulation and personal data rights, German lawmaker Birgit Sippel told MLex in an interview....
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