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EU cookie regulation at risk if centralized in Ireland, French watchdog head says

By Matthew Newman ( March 23, 2026, 13:30 GMT | Comment) -- The EU's ability to police the use of cookies could be at risk if the European Commission's legislative plans to make Ireland's data protection authority responsible for the job across the whole bloc go ahead, the head of France's data privacy watchdog has warned. In an interview, CNIL President Marie-Laure Denis also warned that planned changes in the definition of personal data could create legal uncertainty.The EU's ability to police the use of cookies could be at risk if legislative plans to make Ireland's data protection authority responsible for the job across the whole bloc go ahead, the head of the French data privacy watchdog has warned....

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