ARTICLE · 14 JUNE 2022

EU Data Governance Act: Europe Regulating Big Data

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After the proposal for the Data Governance Act (DGA) was introduced in November 2020, the Council of the European Union finally approved it on 16 May 2022.

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What you need to know in a nutshell

The Regulation (EU) 2022/868 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2022 on European data governance will go by its short name: Data Governance Act (DGA).
The DGA was published in the Official Journal of the European Union on 3 June 2022, and the new rules will apply from 24 September 2023 onwards.
The DGA introduces some new concepts, such as 'data altruism' (you can give your data away for the common good, like for medical research projects or climate change), 'data intermediation services' allowing companies to exchange personal and nonpersonal big data, and 'personal data spaces' for individuals to keep an e-wallet with their personal data.

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