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Digital Legislation Overhaul Package
The Council of the European Union agreed on its negotiating position regarding updates to data protection, cookie, data sharing, and incident reporting rules.
Council agreed negotiating positionOct 23 2 weeks ago
Timeline
Oct 23 2 weeks ago
Related
Cybersecurity Act 2 (revision of the Cybersecurity Act)
Proposed regulation that would replace the 2019 Cybersecurity Act, strengthening ENISA, simplifying the EU cybersecurity certification framework, and adding measures to reduce ICT supply chain risks from high-risk third-country suppliers.
Data Act
Sets rules on who can access and use data generated by connected products and related services, on business-to-government data sharing in exceptional need, and on switching between cloud and data processing services.
Cyber Resilience Act
Sets mandatory cybersecurity requirements for hardware and software products with digital elements sold in the EU, including vulnerability handling and incident reporting duties for manufacturers.
Interim ePrivacy derogation to combat online child sexual abuse (2026 re-adoption)
Restores, until 3 April 2028, a temporary derogation from the ePrivacy Directive that lets messaging and other communications providers voluntarily detect, report and remove online child sexual abuse material, after the earlier interim regulation expired on 3 April 2026.
Digital Omnibus (data, GDPR, ePrivacy, NIS2 simplification)
Proposed regulation that amends the GDPR, the ePrivacy Directive, NIS2 and the Data Act to simplify EU rules on cookie consent, incident reporting and data sharing, and folds several data laws, including the Data Governance Act, into the Data Act.
Digital Markets Act
Sets obligations and prohibitions for large online platforms designated as gatekeepers, such as bans on self-preferencing and anti-steering, and requirements on interoperability and data use.
NIS2 Directive
Sets cybersecurity risk management and incident reporting obligations for medium and large entities in critical sectors and requires member states to supervise and enforce them.
Action Plan on Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence
Commission action plan to promote safe use of advanced AI, including pre-market evaluation capacity for AI models under the AI Act, strengthen EU cyber resilience, and scale up AI capabilities for cybersecurity.
Change log
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