This update covers the GDPR amendments proposed in the simplification of the digital legislative framework – Digital Omnibus (2025/0360 (COD)).

Negotiations at The Council

The Council of the European Union, one of the two EU Co-legislators, and representative institution of the Member States, remains in a technical examination phase on the published legislative proposal.

Although a number of discussions have already taken place, including submission of initial written comments by the Member States, our information is that discussions to date have been limited to technical examination of the proposed GDPR simplification measures and no substantive positions have been adopted by the Member States.

The working party responsible for the negotiation, the Antici Group (Simplification), currently meets twice weekly but only discusses the GDPR simplification measure as part of its overall simplification agenda. The last GDPR discussions took place on 19 January, 2026, and the next one is likely to take place before the end of February.

Negotiations at the European Parliament

The other co-legislator, the European Parliament, has been focused so far on the AI Act simplification proposal. As of early February, the GDPR proposal is only just entering into a substantive parliamentary work phase, with Committee work finally getting underway in recent weeks.

The responsible joint Committees will be Industry, Research and Energy (ITRA) and Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE), who are both currently engaged in the process of appointing rapporteurs.

Representatives of Privacy Next attended the meeting of LIBE on 26 January, 2026, at which the European Commission presented the proposal and answered questions from members of the Committee.

Further regular updates by Privacy Next

As part of our Next Generation Partnership programme, we will be tracking this very important legislative proposal and providing Partners with more detailed updates, analysis and information on how they can influence the process through collective engagement.

Detailed tracking information will be provided in our exclusive members area which we hope to roll out in Q2 this year.