ZeroGravity Weekly Brief | February 23, 2026

What’s moving Europe’s digital enforcement agenda this week? Right to be forgotten enforcement – yes; full compliance with the right to erasure (Art. 17 GDPR) – not yet, says the EDPB (and IMY). Anonymous vs. pseudonymous data – still a practical GDPR challenge. Under the DSA, user redress shows real impact with ~50M moderation decisions reversed. In Sweden, IMY closes the camera-permit era (2018–2025) as operators shift to self-assessment and documentation from 1 April 2025.

EU Level

GDPR

Right to erasure enforcement report

The EDPB published a coordinated enforcement report showing persistent implementation problems with the “right to be forgotten”, one of the most exercised GDPR rights.

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EDPB published an outcomes report from its stakeholder event on anonymisation and pseudonymisation, capturing practical GDPR implementation issues around “anonymous vs pseudonymous” data handling.

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EDPB’s coordinated enforcement report on the right to erasure (Art. 17 GDPR) flags recurring operational gaps (e.g., weak internal request-handling procedures, inconsistent deletion/anonymisation approaches, and deletion in back-ups) and confirms the next coordinated action will focus on GDPR transparency/information duties.

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DSA

European Commission marked two years of the DSA by reporting that platforms reversed nearly 50 million content/account moderation decisions via DSA-linked user challenge mechanisms, highlighting the DSA’s practical impact on user redress.

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The Commission opened formal DSA proceedings against SHEIN focusing on

(i) illegal goods risk controls (including CSAM-related risks),

(ii) potentially addictive design/reward features, and

(iii) recommender-system transparency (including a non-profiling option).

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Sweden-level

GDPR

Integritetsskyddsmyndigheten (IMY) summarised EDPB’s EU-wide right-to-erasure findings for Swedish stakeholders, highlighting recurring weaknesses (internal routines, information to individuals, anonymising instead of deleting, and deletion in back-ups) and pointing towards coordinated EU-level guidance.

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IMY published a final report on its 2018–2025 role as camera-permit authority, noting most permit applications concerned schools/preschools and that a high share were approved; it also explains the post–1 April 2025 shift to self-assessment and documentation by operators.

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