EU Releases Data Act To Facilitate Access And Use Of Data

On 22 December 2023, the Regulation on harmonized rules on fair access to and use of data ("Data Act") was published in the EU's Official Journal.

The Data Act lays down rules on fair access to and use of personal and non-personal data across all economic sectors generated by connected products and digital related services.

In a nutshell, the Data Act:

• Lays down rules on B2B and B2C data access.Manufacturers and providers are obliged to design products and services in such a manner that generated data are directly accessible to users, and to provide information to users on generated data, its accessibility, and users' rights. At the users' requests, data holders are required to make the data available to users or to third parties without undue delay, free of charge and, where applicable, continuously and in real time. These obligations apply to connected products and related services placed on the EU market, irrespective of the place of establishment of the