European Union: European Commission announced Proposal for Digital Omnibus Regulation (EU 2025/0360) including prohibition on data localisation requirements for non-personal data

On 19 November 2025, the European Commission announced its Proposal for a Digital Omnibus Regulation (EU 2025/0360) on the simplification of the digital legislative framework. The Digital Omnibus would amend a number of existing regulations, including the GDPR, the Data Act, the EU AI Act, and the NIS 2 Directive, while repealing the Regulations on non-personal data, the P2B Regulation, the Data Governance Act, and the Open Data Directive. The Digital Omnibus would amend the Data Act to prohibit data localisation requirements for non-personal data within the EU unless justified on grounds of public security.