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EU plans for digital rules dominate key data protection conference agenda

By Matthew Newman and Sara Brandstätter ( November 21, 2025, 18:51 GMT | Comment) -- Immediate questions about the European Commission's plans to revise its digital laws to make them simpler and cut red tape dominated a key annual Brussels gathering of data protection professionals. But while privacy campaigners fretted about weakened protections and US Big Tech lawyers celebrated signs of deregulation, regulators and policymakers held their cards close to their chests.It is hard to imagine the organizers of one of the key annual gatherings of European data protection professionals in Brussels could have anticipated that their event would be overshadowed by breaking news on potentially massive changes to privacy rules....

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