Brussels,
THE NEW FRONTIERS
Data & cloud computing
The quantity of data is expected to increase constantly, with citizens and public bodies producing more and more data.
Used correctly, data can bring benefits to citizens, industries, and the environment. To leverage this potential, data needs to be shared in a trusted way and in Europe respecting EU rules and values, including data protection, intellectual property, and trade secrets.
To achieve this, EU has created a new model with clear rules: a European single market for data that is open yet sovereign. The European data strategy introduced in February 2020 includes measures to ensure the full potential of data can be experienced.
Key elements of the European data strategy include:
On 30 May 2022, EU released the Data Governance Act (DGA), the Regulation (EU) 2018/1724 on European data governance, to facilitate data sharing across the EU and between sectors to create growth, increase control and trust of citizens and companies regarding their data, and offer an alternative European model to the data handling practice of major tech platforms.
Used correctly, data can bring benefits to citizens, industries, and the environment. To leverage this potential, data needs to be shared in a trusted way and in Europe respecting EU rules and values, including data protection, intellectual property, and trade secrets.
To achieve this, EU has created a new model with clear rules: a European single market for data that is open yet sovereign. The European data strategy introduced in February 2020 includes measures to ensure the full potential of data can be experienced.
Key elements of the European data strategy include:
- allowing data to flow freely within the EU and across sectors. The Regulation on a framework for the free flow of non-personal data in the EU aims at removing obstacles to the free movement of non-personal data between different EU countries and IT systems in Europe.
- overcoming barriers to sharing, through technical infrastructure, legal rules and ethical guidelines;
- fostering the development of collections of sector-specific data;
- ensuring EU autonomy in supplying European cloud services.
On 30 May 2022, EU released the Data Governance Act (DGA), the Regulation (EU) 2018/1724 on European data governance, to facilitate data sharing across the EU and between sectors to create growth, increase control and trust of citizens and companies regarding their data, and offer an alternative European model to the data handling practice of major tech platforms.
