European UnionEuropean UnionLawRegulation (EU) 2023/2854

Data Act

Sets rules on who can access and use data generated by connected products and related services, on business-to-government data sharing in exceptional need, and on switching between cloud and data processing services.

Body

European Parliament and Council

Session

9th parliamentary term

Introduced

Feb 23, 2022

In effect since

Jan 11, 20242y2 years ago

Topics

DataPlatforms

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