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Data protection & privacy

Decisions about personal data, privacy, surveillance, data sharing or data protection rules.

Decisions
12 on 11 sitting days
Outcomes
10 adopted · 1 rejected
Period
12 Mar 2025 – 17 Sept 2026
Assigned by
A model, not checked by hand
More facts (4)
Roll-call votes
11
By kind
Consent 6 · New laws 3 · Resolutions 3
Key
digital/data-privacy
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Decisions, 12

Export

The latest decisions on this subtopic, newest first; the export holds all of them.

Effect: what the decision did. Final vote: for–against–abstained, and how it was recorded.
DateDecisionKindEffectFinal vote
17 Sept 2026Impact of social media and the online environment on young people ResolutionsAdopted395 for, 136 against, 80 abstained by roll call
16 Sept 2026EU-Switzerland Agreement on the transfer of passenger name record (PNR) data for the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of terrorist offences and serious crime ConsentConsent given549 for, 75 against, 30 abstained by roll call
9 Jul 2026Temporary derogation from the ePrivacy directive New lawsNo final voteFinal vote—
7 Jul 2026Temporary derogation from certain provisions of the ePrivacy Directive to combat online child sexual abuse New lawsUrgent procedure agreed331 for, 304 against, 11 abstained by roll call
29 Apr 2026EU-Iceland agreement on transfer of passenger name record (PNR) data to prevent, detect, investigate and prosecute terrorist offences and serious crime ConsentConsent given532 for, 75 against, 28 abstained by roll call
29 Apr 2026EU-Norway Agreement on transfer of passenger name record (PNR) data for the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of terrorist offences and serious crime ConsentConsent given532 for, 72 against, 26 abstained by roll call
11 Mar 2026EU-Ecuador Agreement: cooperation between Europol and the Ecuadorian authorities competent for combating serious crime and terrorism ConsentConsent given586 for, 21 against, 11 abstained by roll call
17 Dec 2025Digitalisation, artificial intelligence and algorithmic management in the workplace – shaping the future of work ResolutionsAdopted480 for, 83 against, 94 abstained by roll call
13 Nov 2025Opinion from the Court of Justice on the compatibility with the Treaties of the proposed Agreement on Digital Trade between the European Union and the Republic of Singapore ResolutionsRejected136 for, 432 against, 71 abstained by roll call
21 Oct 2025General Data Protection Regulation: additional procedural rules relating to the enforcement of the Regulation New lawsPassed533 for, 43 against, 68 abstained by roll call

All 12 decisions on this subtopic in the register

Dossiers, 10

The dossiers these decisions belong to, the one voted on most recently first.

Decisions: decisions on the dossier counted here. Latest decision: its date and outcome.
DossierDecisionsLatest decision
Impact of social media and the online environment on young people 2025-2081Decisions117 Sept 2026 · Adopted
EU-Switzerland Agreement on the transfer of passenger name record (PNR) data for the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of terrorist offences and serious crime 2025-0343Decisions116 Sept 2026 · Adopted
EU-Norway Agreement on transfer of passenger name record (PNR) data for the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of terrorist offences and serious crime 2025-0145Decisions129 Apr 2026 · Adopted
EU-Iceland agreement on transfer of passenger name record (PNR) data to prevent, detect, investigate and prosecute terrorist offences and serious crime 2025-0156Decisions129 Apr 2026 · Adopted
EU-Ecuador Agreement: cooperation between Europol and the Ecuadorian authorities competent for combating serious crime and terrorism 2025-0120Decisions111 Mar 2026 · Adopted
Digitalisation, artificial intelligence and algorithmic management in the workplace – shaping the future of work 2025-2080Decisions117 Dec 2025 · Adopted
Opinion from the Court of Justice on the compatibility with the Treaties of the proposed Agreement on Digital Trade between the European Union and the Republic of Singapore 2025-2967Decisions113 Nov 2025 · Rejected
General Data Protection Regulation: additional procedural rules relating to the enforcement of the Regulation 2023-0202Decisions121 Oct 2025 · Adopted
EU-Brazil Agreement: cooperation with and through Europol and the Federal Police of Brazil 2024-0321Decisions19 Sept 2025 · Adopted
Agreement between Canada and the European Union on the transfer and processing of Passenger Name Record (PNR) data 2024-0051Decisions112 Mar 2025 · Adopted

These dossiers in the register

Group lines

How each group voted on the final votes of this subtopic: its clear line or divided.

The last 11 final roll-call votes. Each group’s line on the final votes, with members counted in the group they sat in on the day; a clear line = at least two thirds of the group’s votes with at least 10 members voting (method). For / Against / Abstained: its clear line. Divided: no clear line. With the outcome: votes where its majority line matched the result. Votes: finals the group voted on.
GroupForAgainstAbstainedDividedWith the outcomeVotes
The LeftFor4Against5Abst.0Divided2With outcome5of11
GreensFor6Against5Abst.0Divided0With outcome5of11
S&DFor9Against1Abst.0Divided1With outcome11of11
RenewFor9Against1Abst.0Divided1With outcome10of11
EPPFor10Against1Abst.0Divided0With outcome11of11
ECRFor7Against3Abst.0Divided1With outcome8of11
PatriotsFor6Against0Abst.2Divided3With outcome6of11
ESNFor4Against5Abst.1Divided1With outcome6of11

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Sources & citation

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Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

EU Parl Watch Research (2026). “Data protection & privacy”. Topic (model-assigned). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/topics/digital?sub=data-privacy (retrieved 25 September 2026). Data: European Parliament Open Data, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/ (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX
@misc{epw-topic-digital-data-privacy,
  author = {{EU Parl Watch Research}},
  title = {{Data protection \& privacy}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/topics/digital?sub=data-privacy}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/topics/digital?sub=data-privacy},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Topic (model-assigned). Data: European Parliament Open Data (CC BY 4.0)}
}