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A new EU Data Act with rules on who can use and access data generated in the EU across all economic sectors will unlock a wealth of industrial data in Europe, the European Commission said Wednesday.

With companies reaping increasing amounts of data from consumers and firms, the EU is looking at wrestling back access to that digital information.

The European Commission published, on 23 February 2022, the proposal for a Regulation on Harmonised Rules on Fair Access to and Use of Data (Data Act) ('the

The European Union is proposing legislation that would force more data sharing among companies in Europe—aiming to loosen the grip officials say a few big tech companies have on some commercial and industrial data.

Whilst data transfer challenges between the EU and the US continue, the European Commission ploughs ahead with new data legislation to make industrial data reusable.

Also in todays EMEA regional roundup: Telecom Italia considers sale of Inwit stake; Orange bod joins TIP board; Transatel trumpets SIM advance.

Agreeing a new data transfer agreement with the US is a “high priority” for the EU, Margrethe Vestager, the bloc’s executive VP for digital strategy, said yesterday — but she also warned that a replacement for the defunct EU-US Privacy Shield (and Safe Harbor before that) is by no means a done deal, given the […]

On February 23, 2022, the European Commission ("Commission") published a proposal for a Data Act which aims at enhancing data access and use within the European Union ("EU").

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"We want to give consumers and companies even more control over what can be done with their data," says EU Commission Vice President Margrethe Vestager