Ranking: Who in the EU Parliament fights for your privacy – and who for Big Tech?!
noyb analysis ranks EU Parliament members on privacy protection amendments.
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Summary
An analysis by noyb of over 1,000 amendments to the GDPR and ePrivacy Directive reveals that many EU Parliament members are proposing changes that would weaken privacy rights, often benefiting Big Tech and AI companies. The European People's Party (EPP) is identified as the group most actively opposing user rights, while the S&D, Left, and Greens are highlighted as the primary defenders of privacy. The study aims to inform citizens about their representatives' stances on privacy.
The lesson from this incident
Full lessonAn analysis by noyb reveals that numerous EU Parliament members are actively proposing amendments that would weaken GDPR and ePrivacy protections, often at the behest of Big Tech and AI industry interests. This matters because legislative erosion of privacy frameworks directly translates into reduced legal protections for citizens, making enforcement mechanisms toothless and enabling mass data exploitation. When lawmakers who are supposed to safeguard fundamental rights instead lobby for corporate exceptions, the entire regulatory compliance ecosystem is undermined. Citizens and organizations that rely on GDPR as a baseline for data governance risk having that foundation hollowed out before stronger AI-era protections can be established.