The Council of the European Union has agreed to ease the use of personal data to train artificial intelligence and scrapped a proposal for an unconditional human right to opt out. Governments are ready to make privacy easier to process into a digital product. There is still a need to negotiate with the European Parliament on their position on the digital omnibus package. Developers are offered concessions, while citizens are protected under the general rules. The basis for studying without prior approval will be "legitimate interest". The GDPR already allows this by requiring verification of the need for processing and weighing the company's interests against human rights. The council conducts an individual assessment of each case. A separate article on AI anchors this path directly in law. The Irish Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Helen McEntee explained the decision as reducing the administrative burden and promised to maintain privacy protection. The promise must be compared to a specific edit. The European Commission has offered an unconditional objection to data processing for AI. On page 146 of the Council's mandate, these words were deleted. entered in their place.

The Council of the European Union has agreed to ease the use of personal data to train artificial intelligence and scrapped a proposal for an unconditional human right to opt out. Governments are ready to make privacy easier to process into a digital product. There is still a need to negotiate with the European Parliament on their position on the digital omnibus package. Developers are offered concessions, while citizens are protected under the general rules. The basis for studying without prior approval will be "legitimate interest". The GDPR already allows this by requiring verification of the need for processing and weighing the company's interests against human rights. The council conducts an individual assessment of each case. A separate article on AI anchors this path directly in law. The Irish Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Helen McEntee explained the decision as reducing the administrative burden and promised to maintain privacy protection. The promise must be compared to a specific edit. The European Commission has offered an unconditional objection to data processing for AI. On page 146 of the Council's mandate, these words were deleted. entered in their place.

21 GDPR. According to which, the citizen must justify the refusal in his own circumstances, the company has the right to continue processing if more convincing legal grounds are proven. Governments have rejected the option of simply refusing to block access to their information. The refusal will have to be defended in a dispute about whose interest is more significant. Meta users already know the default order of participation. In April 2025, the company announced training on public records of European adults, sending notices with an objection form. It did not include posting accounts of people under the age of 18. Meta promised to satisfy all the refusals. The corporate franchise exists, but the council does not translate a similar option into an unconditional blanket guarantee for the industry. The developer will be able to offer a convenient voluntary opt-out, while maintaining a stricter legal option.