Itxaso Domínguez de Olazábal

Itxaso Domínguez de Olazábal is a policy advisor at the European Digital Rights Initiative.

The GDPR is being hollowed out — for whom, and why?
18 June 2025 by Itxaso Domínguez de Olazábal
Since 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation has been a global standard. Now the EU’s flagship data protection law is under attack. A new EU Commission proposal to ‘simplify’ the GDPR may look narrow and technical. But it could open the floodgates for a significant unravelling of the EU’s own rulebook.
- Digital
- Opinion
Why Ireland is the Achilles Heel of the EU’s fightback against Big Tech
22 January 2025 by Itxaso Domínguez de Olazábal
For over a decade, Big Tech has approached the EU’s robust data protection framework as little more than a compliance checkbox, rather than a set of binding legal obligations. A surprising body has been complicit in these Big Tech companies evading EU laws – the notorious Data Protection Commission (DPC) of Ireland.
- Digital
- Opinion