EDPB calls for legal basis for cross-regulatory information sharing
At a July 2026 meeting in Dublin, the European Data Protection Board called for an explicit legal foundation governing how data protection authorities share information with regulators outside their jurisdiction. The EDPB also discussed deepening cooperation among DPAs to strengthen consistent GDPR enforcement across the EU.
Why this matters: Right now, privacy regulators and other regulators — think competition, financial, or AI oversight bodies — often cannot cleanly share what they know about the same company. That gap lets problems fall between agencies. The EDPB wants a legal framework that closes it. This matters because enforcement is only as strong as coordination. If a company's data practices touch multiple regulators but none of them can fully talk to each other, accountability gets diffuse and companies benefit from the confusion. A clear legal basis for sharing changes that.
Who should care: Lawyers · Privacy officers · AI governance · Compliance · General readers · Policy
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