EU Parliament restricts AI tools over data protection and cybersecurity concerns
16/02/2026 | Politico
The European Parliament has disabled built-in artificial intelligence (AI) features on work tablets and phones used by lawmakers and their staff due to cybersecurity and data protection concerns. According to an internal email, the Parliament's IT department assessed that it could not currently guarantee the security of data handled by these tools.
The move specifically targets AI writing and summarising assistants, enhanced virtual assistants, and webpage summary tools. Officials are concerned that several of these features utilise cloud services to process tasks that could be handled locally, resulting in sensitive data being sent off the device to external service providers.
While the Parliament's press service declined to comment on specific security measures, the internal communication urged members to apply similar precautions to their private devices.
Training Announcement: Freevacy offers a range of independently recognised professional AI governance qualifications and AI Literacy short courses that enable specialist teams to implement robust oversight, benchmark AI governance maturity, and establish a responsible-by-design approach across the entire AI lifecycle. Find out more.
What is this page?
You are reading a summary article on the Privacy Newsfeed, a free resource for DPOs and other professionals with privacy or data protection responsibilities helping them stay informed of industry news all in one place. The information here is a brief snippet relating to a single piece of original content or several articles about a common topic or thread. The main contributor is listed in the top left-hand corner, just beneath the article title.
The Privacy Newsfeed monitors over 300 global publications, of which more than 6,250 summary articles have been posted to the online archive dating back to the beginning of 2020. A weekly roundup is available by email every Friday.