Critics call proposed changes to landmark EU privacy law ‘death by a thousand cuts’

Privacy activists say proposed changes to Europe’s landmark privacy law, including making it easier for Big Tech to harvest Europeans’ personal data for AI training, would flout EU case law and gut the legislation.

The changes proposed by the European Commission are part of a drive to simplify a slew of laws adopted in recent years on technology, environmental and financial issues which have in turn faced pushback from companies and the US government.

EU antitrust chief Henna Virkkunen will present the Digital Omnibus, in effect proposals to cut red…