EU Data Act operational impacts: Balancing risks and opportunities
Contributors:
Helen Graham
Director
The Art of Privacy
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This is the fifth article in a five-part series on the EU Data Act. The first article, "EU Data Act operational impacts: Introducing the Data Act," explores the creation of the Data Act, its objectives, the negotiation backdrop, and how it fits within the EU's digital rulebook. The second article, "EU Data Act operational impacts: The Data Act's interplay within the EU digital rulebook," dives into the roles and requirements under the Act. The third article, "EU Data Act operational impacts: The Data Act as a challenge to data protection or other way around?" looks at the roles and requirements under the Act and cross-references stakeholder obligations with other laws to identify issues across the board. The fourth article, "EU Data Act operational impacts: Compliance and technical considerations of cloud switching," examines some of the compliance and technical challenges brought by the Data Act regarding cloud portability.
The EU Data Act marks a radical transformation in Europe's digital and data landscape and requires careful consideration from organizations as they navigate the requirements and obligations. In order to balance the risks and opportunities, organizations must strategically review how they use data, in terms of how data is accessed, shared, protected and monetized.
The act is broad in scope, applying across the board from manufacturers of connected products to cloud providers, software firms and data-processing services. The scope extends to the vast world of machine-generated data and industrial data, such as that collected and analyzed by connected devices and sensors or analytics processes and platforms.
Contributors:
Helen Graham
Director
The Art of Privacy