GDPR Works Well but Needs Additional Resources: EDPB

EU privacy law doesn't need tweaking at present, the European Data Protection Board said in response to a European Commission report on how well the general data protection regulation (GDPR) is working. Following its Dec. 15 plenary, the board said it "considers that the application of the GDPR in the first 5 and a half years has been successful. While a number of important challenges lie ahead, the EDPB considers it premature to revise the GDPR at this point in time." It urged the European Parliament and Council to quickly approve procedural rules relating to cross-border enforcement of the measure. Moreover, it said, national data protection authorities and the board need sufficient resources to continue carrying out their duties. The EDPB said it's convinced that existing tools in the GDPR will lead to a "common data protection culture" if they're used in a harmonized way. In a Q&A with Communications Daily, European Data Protection Supervisor Wojciech Wiewiorowski said he expects discussions about changes to the GDPR to begin in 2025 to deal with AI, among other items (see 2312010002).