Data Strategy Briefing — June 3, 2022
Regulation (EU) 2022/868 on data governance was published in the Official Journal, starting the countdown to new data intermediation and altruism regimes applying in 2023.
Executive briefing: The Data Governance Act (Regulation (EU) 2022/868) appeared in the Official Journal of the European Union on 3 June 2022. The publication confirms application dates for data intermediation service providers, data altruism organisations, and public-sector data re-use frameworks that will become operational on 24 September 2023.
Key data-space checkpoints
- Service registration. Determine whether EU operations qualify as data intermediation services and prepare notification filings with national competent authorities.
- Governance charters. Draft neutrality policies, conflict-of-interest procedures, and technical safeguards required for trusted data intermediaries.
- Data altruism. Assess opportunities to participate in sector data altruism initiatives and design consent templates compliant with Article 16.
Operational priorities
- Contract updates. Embed DGA obligations in customer and partner agreements, including transparency on monetisation, dispute resolution, and data portability.
- Public-sector reuse. Align reuse requests with the DGA’s secure processing environment requirements and trade-secret protections.
- Supervisory engagement. Map competent authorities and begin pre-application dialogues on registration processes and oversight expectations.
Enablement moves
- Integrate DGA compliance milestones into European data space roadmaps across health, energy, and finance programmes.
- Establish accountability frameworks linking DGA obligations with GDPR, Data Act, and sector regulations.
Sources
- Official Journal: Regulation (EU) 2022/868 (Data Governance Act)
- European Commission Data Governance Act overview
Zeph Tech readies EU data intermediation programmes with compliance operating models, registration support, and data altruism frameworks.