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EU data rules revision risks weakening protections, enforcement, govts warn

By Júlia Tar and Luca Bertuzzi ( December 3, 2025, 14:16 GMT | Insight) -- The EU's new definition of personal data in its drive to simplify the bloc's data protection law could undermine safeguards of rights, complicate transfer rules, and put added strain on supervisory authorities, several European governments have said in a document seen by MLex.The European Commission's revised definition of personal data for the bloc's privacy law could undermine safeguards of rights, complicate transfer rules, and put added strain on supervisory authorities, several European governments have said in a document seen by MLex....

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