10 December 2021

EC PUBLISHES RESULTS OF OPEN CONSULTATION ON DATA ACT

On 6 December, the European Commission published the results for the open public consultation on the Data Act, the upcoming flagship initiative of the European Data Strategy. Most of the respondents consider that action at EU or national level is needed on business-to-government data sharing for the public interest, especially for emergencies and crisis management, prevention and resilience. The responses show that while businesses engage in data sharing, data transactions are still held back by numerous obstacles of a technical or legal nature.

The consultation results will feed into the impact assessment accompanying the Data Act and the review of the Directive on the legal protection of databases. The Data Act will aim at clarifying for EU consumers and businesses who can use and access what data for which purposes. It follows up on and complements the Data Governance Act, which aims to increase trust and facilitate data sharing across the EU and between sectors and on which a political agreement has been reached last week between the European Parliament and EU Member States.

Source: European Commission