European Union (EU) officials are discussing the possibility of simplifying the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) to accelerate the development of artificial intelligence (AI), according to a draft law, Politico reports.

Relaxations are planned for companies working in the AI sector. These relaxations will allow them to legally process special categories of data, such as a person’s religious and political beliefs, ethnic origin, or health information. These changes will enable companies to train AI more effectively.

In addition, the European Commission plans to revise the definition of special categories of data that are subject to additional protection — in accordance with privacy rules.

Changes are also planned regarding the concept of “personal data,” since pseudonymized data — a means of protecting personal data where real identifiers are replaced by artificial ones — does not always fall under GDPR protection.

Also, rules for the use of cookies may be simplified, enabling websites to collect more information about users.

Estonia, France, Austria, and Slovenia have opposed these GDPR changes. However, Germany supports this review.

The European Commission is expected to present this document on November 19, although changes may be made before then.