Data Strategy Briefing — European Commission proposes Data Act
The European Commission proposed the Data Act on 23 February 2022 to harmonize EU rules on business-to-government and business-to-business data sharing, create user portability rights for connected products, and impose interoperability duties on cloud providers.
On 23 February 2022 the European Commission published its proposed Data Act, a regulation aimed at unlocking industrial and IoT data across the European Union. The draft would give users of connected products and related services the right to access and port data generated by their use, require data holders to share data with public sector bodies in exceptional need, and prohibit unfair contractual terms imposed on SMEs.
The proposal also targets vendor lock-in by mandating switching capabilities and caps on exit fees for cloud and edge services, alongside interoperability requirements for smart contract safeguards. Organizations operating in the EU will need to map product telemetry, review data-sharing contracts, and evaluate cloud portability plans as the regulation moves through trilogue negotiations.
- European Commission press materials summarize the Data Act objectives and obligations.
- Official proposal COM/2022/68 provides the full legal text governing data access, sharing, and cloud switching.
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