EU governments revise GDPR pseudonymized data rules in new digital package compromise
By Júlia Tar ( September 7, 2026, 15:04 GMT | Insight) -- EU governments would revise proposed General Data Protection Regulation rules to clarify when pseudonymized data can fall outside the law, reinstate an AI provision on legitimate interest, revise cookie rules and add a limited exemption for measuring contextual advertising. The Sept. 3 compromise will be discussed on Friday, with written comments from member states due next week.EU governments would revise proposed General Data Protection Regulation rules to say pseudonymized data are not personal data for an organization unable to identify the individual, while leaving the law’s general definition unchanged, under a revised Digital Omnibus compromise seen by MLex....
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