The Free Flow Of Non-Personal Data

Decree-Law 85/2024 was published on 4 November 2024 to ensure the implementation into Portuguese law of Regulation (EU) 2018/1807 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 November 2018. This Regulation aims to ensure the free flow of non-personal data within the European Union, allowing data to be stored and processed in any Member State, except in specific cases of public security or national defence.

The objective is to allow for greater freedom and dynamism of the economy in the provision of data storage and processing services within the EU. Therefore, Member States should repeal any rules, regulations or practices that require non-personal data to be localised in a specific geographical area or national territory in order to restrict the storage and processing of data outside those specific geographical areas or territories.