“If adopted, these amendments would not simplify compliance but hollow out the GDPR’s and ePrivacy’s core guarantees: purpose limitation, accountability, and independent oversight,” Itxaso Dominguez de Olazabal, from the European Digital Rights group, told EUobserver.
The draft includes adjustments to what is considered “personal data,” a key component of the GDPR and protected by Article 8 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.
I find the proposed amendments to Article 9 particularly problematic … And perfectly in line with AI bros telling you to make AI chatbots your friends while seeing them harvesting suicidal thoughts, self-reported depression symptoms and body dysmorphia.