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EU countries give digital 'omnibus' broad backing but diverge on AI and data rules

By Júlia Tar and Luca Bertuzzi ( March 26, 2026, 09:31 GMT | Insight) -- EU countries have a range of differing positions on changes to data-protection rules in the European Commission’s proposed digital simplification package, according to four documents seen by MLex. They show differing views on issues such as AI-related data processing, abusive data-access requests, and rules on data breaches and cookie tracking.EU countries have a range of differing positions on changes to data-protection rules in the European Commission’s proposed digital simplification package, according to four documents seen by MLex that show broad support for simplification but disagreement on certain key points....

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