Europe’s Digital Regulation Tango: Keeping The Sync In The Dance Between Data And The GDPR ????

?? WHY IT MATTERS:

A growing number of digital laws are coming into force along with the explosion of new technologies. There's a challenge in making sure that these new laws lead to a cohesive digital landscape that protects people while allowing innovation to flourish, and not a patchwork of laws that contradict each other.

?? KEY POINTS:

• The EDPB is preparing guidelines to clarify regulatory interplay between GDPR and new digital regulations
• Specific focus will be put on integrating GDPR with the EU Artificial Intelligence Act, the EU Data Strategy and the Digital Services Package
• A new subgroup will be established that is dedicated to cross-regulatory cooperation and interplay
• A commitment to develop tools and guidance accessible to non-experts, SMEs, and even children ??
• Actively seeking to create enforcement cooperation mechanisms between different regulators

??? THE BIG PICTURE:

This initiative represents a critical step in creating a unified, predictable regulatory environment for digital technologies across the EU, allowing innovation without trampling on people's digital rights.

?? THE BOTTOM LINE:

The EDPB is essentially looking to ensure that new tech regulations don't just coexist with GDPR, but actually complement and strengthen each other. By proactively addressing potential conflicts and overlaps, there is great potential to build a more robust, user-friendly digital ecosystem. ??

?? WHAT’S NEXT

• A (much needed) more coherent digital regulatory landscape
• More focus on user-friendly and approachable guidelines about digital rights/obligations
• Closer cooperation between tech regulators in the EU but potentially also globally
• Additional resources will need to be allocated to handle these complex challenges ??

??♀? GO DEEPER

• Press release by the EDPB
• EDPB statement 6/2024 on the Second Report on the Application of the GDPR