Texts to 22 Oct 2026

Amendment 278· Digital Omnibus proposal Recital 31

Alternative

Tabled by
Zala Černilec Tomašič and 8 others (EPP, ECR)Zala Černilec Tomašič, Jan Farský, Ondřej Krutílek, Tomáš Zdechovský, Michał Wawrykiewicz, Henrik Dahl, Alexandr Vondra, Veronika Vrecionová, Lukas Mandl
Committee and document
ITRE–LIBE·amendments 251–400 to the draft report (CJ72-AM-790967, PE790.967v01-00)·27 July 2026
Source
Official text, pp. 27–28·printed header: Recital 31
Targets
Recital 31 of the Digital Omnibus proposal

Text of the amendment

As tabled

Wordingagainst the Commission’s

(31) When the controller, in the light of the risk-based approach which informs the scalability of the obligations under this Regulation, is balancing the legitimate interest pursued by the controller or a third party and the interests, rights and freedoms of the data subject, consideration should be given to whether the interest pursued by the controller is beneficial for the data subject and society at large, which may for instance be the case where the processing of personal data is necessary for detecting and removing bias, thereby protecting data subjects from discrimination, or where the processing of personal data is aiming at ensuring accurate and safe outputs for a beneficial use, such as to improve accessibility to certain services. Consideration should also, among others, be given to reasonable expectations of the data subject based on their relationship with the controller, appropriate safeguards to minimise the impact on data subjects’' rights such as providing enhanced transparency to data subjects, providingensuring anthat unconditionaldata subjects are informed of their right to object to the processing of their personal data in accordance with Article 21 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679, respecting technical indications embedded in a service limiting the use of data for AI development by third parties, the use of other state of the art privacy preserving techniques for AI training and appropriate technical measures to effectively minimise risks resulting, for example, from regurgitation, data leakage and other intended or foreseeable actions.

Struck CommissionHighlighted amendment

Justification

This amendment aligns Recital (31) with Article 88c and the GDPR by removing the reference to an ‘unconditional right to object.’ Article 21 GDPR already regulates the right to object with defined conditions and limitations. Keeping the current recital would create inconsistency with the operative provisions, undermine legal certainty, and conflict with the Data Omnibus objective of providing a clear and coherent legal framework.

Target

Wording of the targeted provisionlaw in force, Commission proposal, latest Council text

Commission proposalCOM(2025) 837

When the controller, in the light of the risk-based approach which informs the scalability of the obligations under this Regulation, is balancing the legitimate interest pursued by the controller or a third party and the interests, rights and freedoms of the data subject, consideration should be given to whether the interest pursued by the controller is beneficial for the data subject and society at large, which may for instance be the case where the processing of personal data is necessary for detecting and removing bias, thereby protecting data subjects from discrimination, or where the processing of personal data is aiming at ensuring accurate and safe outputs for a beneficial use, such as to improve accessibility to certain services. Consideration should also, among others, be given to reasonable expectations of the data subject based on their relationship with the controller, appropriate safeguards to minimise the impact on data subjects’ rights such as providing enhanced transparency to data subjects, providing an unconditional right to object to the processing of their personal data, respecting technical indications embedded in a service limiting the use of data for AI development by third parties, the use of other state of the art privacy preserving techniques for AI training and appropriate technical measures to effectively minimise risks resulting, for example, from regurgitation, data leakage and other intended or foreseeable actions.

The Council text of 22 October 2026 drops the Commission’s wording.

Cite this amendment

Amendment 278 (Zala Černilec Tomašič and others), European Parliament, Committee on Industry, Research and Energy and Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, amendments 251–400 to the draft report on COM(2025) 837 (CJ72-AM-790967, PE790.967v01-00, 27 July 2026), pp. 27–28

Link, short form and official text
Reference

Amendment 278 (Zala Černilec Tomašič and others), European Parliament, Committee on Industry, Research and Energy and Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, amendments 251–400 to the draft report on COM(2025) 837 (CJ72-AM-790967, PE790.967v01-00, 27 July 2026), pp. 27–28

Short form

ITRE–LIBE Amendment 278 (CJ72-AM-790967), p. 27

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