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EU countries flag simplification concerns over e-privacy, AI carveouts (update*)

By Júlia Tar and Luca Bertuzzi ( March 13, 2026, 19:14 GMT | Insight) -- EU governments scrutinizing the European Commission’s simplification package for digital legislation have persistent concerns over moving elements of the e-privacy regime into the framework GDPR framework, introducing AI-related derogations and consolidating EU data legislation, according to two draft documents*. There are also questions around the design of the proposed EU single entry point for incident reporting.EU governments scrutinizing the European Commission’s simplification package for digital legislation have persistent concerns over moving elements of the e-privacy regime into the framework of the General Data Protection Regulation, introducing AI-related derogations and consolidating EU data legislation....

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