Geopolitics dictates EU strengthen not streamline GDPR

In an article posted on Verfassungsblog, Dr Christopher Kuner discusses how geopolitical threats to data protection, such as armed conflicts and cyberattacks, present severe risks to vital services, public databases, and individual rights. Kuner writes that the threat landscape is intensifying due to escalating global conflicts and a consecutive multi-year decline in the rule of law. Europe is particularly vulnerable because of its complex legal frameworks and direct exposure to hybrid and kinetic threats.

However, Kuner warns that efforts to build data protection resilience are further undermined by proposals such as the Digital Omnibus, which risk eroding existing protections. Rather than streamlining the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Kuner proposes instead that strengthening legal data protection is fundamentally necessary to secure the ongoing stability of society and the economy against rising international threats.

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