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Proposals for GDPR Scale Back Considered by EC
Friday, April 4, 2025
In March, the Commission said that the simplification plan will focus on reporting requirements for organisations with fewer than 500 people, but will not touch the “underlying core objective of [the] GDPR regime.”
Commenting, Dr Ilia Kolochenko, CEO at ImmuniWeb, said he was not surprised by the looming overhaul of GDPR after almost seven years of complaints about it from all impacted stakeholders – including data subjects, data controllers and processors.
“In its current shape, GDPR creates more harm and hurdles than any palpable benefits,” he said. “According to numerous research and reports, most data subjects do not feel that their data is better protected. While many experience the growing GDPR fatigue, such as omnipresent and annoying cookie banners, some of which require several clicks and scrolling to disappear.” Read Full Article