BrusselsMember states agreed personal data may train AI.
Unions and consumer groups call the package the biggest setback for digital fundamental rights.
The Council rejected browser-level cookie choices, but exempts service, audience-measurement and device-security cookies from consent.
Germany, Austria and Estonia voted against the position, and Germany wanted an impact assessment first.
Trilogue talks with Parliament begin once it adopts its own position, expected in February.
How each outlet framed it
- netzpolitik.org leans critical
- frames the Council position as trading data protection for AI training and fewer cookie banners, citing unions calling it the 'biggest setback for digital rights'
Sources: netzpolitik.org