Trio of EU countries differ over personal data definition in Digital Omnibus
By Júlia Tar ( August 27, 2026, 14:27 GMT | Insight) -- EU governments reviewing the Digital Omnibus look in line to disagree over its narrowing of when information is considered personal data. Germany and Sweden want the digital simplification package to exclude information from EU privacy rules when an organization can’t identify the person concerned, while Portugal wants the definition left unchanged. The three have also set out positions on cookie rules, cyber incident reporting and the Data Act.EU governments reviewing the proposed digital simplification package look in line to disagree over its narrowing of when information is considered personal data under the bloc's keystone privacy law....
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