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title: "Europe considers guaranteeing large AI companies full access to citizens' data — Marsanne Studio AI watch"
description: "The European Council would propose that member states amend the regulations to allow OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and Meta to use user data without limits."
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Regulation · 21 September 2026

# Europe considers guaranteeing large AI companies full access to citizens' data

Original title, in Spanish: “Europa se plantea garantizar a las grandes compañías de IA el acceso total a los datos de los ciudadanos”

**Publication**

El País (Spain) · subscribers only

**Author**

[Manuel G. Pascual](https://elpais.com/autor/manuel-gonzalez-pascual/)

**Published on**

21 September 2026 · read in the page structured data

## Summary

The Council of the European Union would propose that member states amend the regulation on personal data. The change would allow large artificial intelligence companies, including OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and Meta, to use without limits the information collected from users over the years.

Summary based on the article's title and standfirst, as the text is not accessible.

[Read the article on El País →](https://elpais.com/tecnologia/2026-09-21/europa-se-plantea-garantizar-a-las-grandes-companias-de-ia-el-acceso-total-a-los-datos-de-los-ciudadanos.html)

## Classification

**Country**

Worldwide scope

**Company size**

Large companies

**Industries**

Software vendors, IT services companies, telecoms

**Companies**

Meta (cited), OpenAI (cited), Anthropic (cited), Google (cited)

**Keywords**

personal data, AI regulation, European Union, data protection, big tech companies

Entry written by Marsanne Studio from the cited article, with the help of an AI model (claude-sonnet-5). The rights to the article and its illustrations belong to El País and its author. Entry translated from French by Claude Sonnet 5.5.