EU abandons ePrivacy, AI liability reforms, as bloc shifts focus to competitiveness & data access for AI

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February 12, 2025, 12:27 PM

• •The EU has withdrawn its proposal to update the ePrivacy Directive, which would have put penalties on a similar footing to the bloc’s data protection framework, GDPR.
• •The original proposal dates back to 2017 and has been stalled for years due to intense lobbying from tech giants and telcos.
• •The demise of the ePrivacy Regulation proposal is hardly surprising given how many years the effort has been stalled.

The EU has withdrawn its proposal to update the ePrivacy Directive, which would have put penalties on a similar footing to the bloc's data protection framework, GDPR. The move comes after co-legislators failed to reach agreement over the plan.

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