EU Commission weighs GDPR complaint linked to US Congressman
Published: 20/05/2026
| EURACTIV
The European Commission is considering filing a complaint with the competent data protection authority (DPA) on behalf of EU staff whose personal data was leaked. The potential action follows a US House Judiciary Committee report in February, authored by Jim Jordan, the Republican representative for Ohio, which described the Digital Services Act (DSA) as a foreign censorship tool undermining American free speech.
The publication revealed the names of nearly 30 EU officials and various civil society members involved in DSA enforcement by exposing unredacted email exchanges with technology companies like Google and Meta. The Commission expressed deep concern, noting that publishing unredacted information could expose technology corporations to legal liability under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
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