The EU’s Data Act: Capstone of the EU Data Strategy* On 23 February 2022, the EU Commission published its long-awaited Data Act, the last major building block of the Commission’s February 2020 Data Strategy. The Data Act Is an ambitious piece of legislation with implications for consumers and businesses across the economy, not limited to the technology sector. The act aims to facilitate access to data by consumers and businesses; provide for government use of data in cases of “exceptional data need” (in some cases without compensation); facilitate switching between cloud and edge services; prevent unlawful data transfer by cloud service providers; promote interoperability across European data spaces; and set standards for “smart contracts” between “data holders” and data recipients. The
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The EU Commission publishes final version of its proposed Data Act, with harmonised rules on fair access to and use of data in the Union
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