On December 4, 2025, the German Federal Government published its Federal Modernization Agenda, setting out a series of suggested amendments to the GDPR and the Federal Data Protection Act (Bundesdatenschutzgesetz). Among the key measures, Germany seeks to shift certain responsibilities from users to manufacturers and providers of standard IT products—following the model of the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) and the AI Act—so that organizations can deploy standard solutions more easily and in compliance with the law.
The German Data Protection Conference (Datenschutzkonferenz, DSK)—the body of federal and state data protection authorities—has adopted a resolution strongly supporting this approach. The resolution builds on recommendations the DSK first made in its 2019 evaluation of the GDPR.