The EU is taking a stand against vendor lock-in for data services, including IoT, connected device, and cloud services. If you use a data processing service provider of any kind, you may be happy to hear about the Data Act coming out of the EU. It requires service providers to make ...
The EU Data Act and its Legislative Process On 27 November 2023, as the final step in the legislative process, the EU Council formally adopted the Data Act (see press releasehere). Not long before, the EU Parliament had passed the final text of the Data Act by an overwhelming majority on...
The present article analyses the main legal features of the EU Data Act, identifying some innovative aspects and shortcomings. Moving from the general approach elaborated by the Union towards data governance—a value-based approach flowing from the idea of enforcing the strategic autonomy of ...
The EU is seeking to create a single market for data and trade secrets owners will need to prepare early, according to IP lawyers at Osborne Clarke
How does the EU Data Act fit with other laws? Data does not fall neatly into one legal area, so the most pressing question is how these new proposals fit with those that already exist. Key interrelationships are as follows: Data Governance Act ...
The Data Governance Act (DGA) is legislation that aims to foster trust in data sharing, increase data availability, and facilitate the reuse of public sector data in the European Union. The Data Governance Act is a key component of the European...
In a huge blow toBig Tech, the EU is stepping up to regulate these behemoths’ long-criticized, monopolist market strategies. On Monday, the European Council adopted theDigital Markets Act(DMA), a set of new rules to create fairer online competition. ...
One of the major differences between FIDA and PSD2 open banking rules is that data holders will have the right to ask for reasonable compensation from data users. Here, there is an important interplay between FIDA and the EU Data Act, although the details are not entirel...
The EU AI Act also applies to providers and deployers outside of the EU if their AI, or the outputs of the AI, are used in the EU. For example, suppose a company in the EU sends data to an AI provider outside the EU, who uses AI to process the data, and then sends the output...
The Digital Markets Act (DMA), a groundbreaking European law designed to limit the power of the gatekeepers of the digital economy, could put an end to years of Big Tech dominance and revolutionize the internet. The European Union (EU) has long been wary about the control that a handful of...