Season 6, Episode 19: Can the GDPR be reformed? (with Mikołaj Barczentewicz)

My guest on this episode of the podcast is Mikołaj Barczentewicz, a professor of law at the University of Surrey and the author of EU Tech Reg, a blog dedicated to following developments in the EU regulatory machinery.

In this episode, Mikołaj and I discuss the digital omnibus package that was recently proposed by the European Commission and which aims to reform and simplify, among many other things, the GDPR. A draft version of the digital omnibus had been leaked a few weeks before we spoke, but we waited until the formal version was unveiled by the EC to record this podcast.

Among other things, we cover:

• The genesis of the Digital Omnibus package: why was it proposed in the first place, and what it aims to achieve;
• The specific changes to the GDPR proposed in the package;
• The scope of the opposition to GDPR reform;
• The implications of digital omnibus reforms on the EU's domestic AI industry;
• Whether any genuine progress been made against the recommendations made by last year's Draghi report;
• The current status of Pay or Okay in the EU and in the UK;
• Whether the DMA might be softened in response to pressure from the Trump administration.

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