Reflections on the Data Governance Act

TL;DR

This paper reviews the EU's Data Governance Act of 2022, highlighting its focus on data reuse and altruism to enhance digital sovereignty, while discussing potential implementation challenges.

Contribution

It provides a concise analysis of the regulation's main features and explores possible challenges in its adoption and effectiveness.

Findings

Emphasizes data reuse and altruism as key elements of the Act

Highlights potential legal and practical challenges

Suggests implications for digital sovereignty

Abstract

The European Union (EU) has been pursuing a new strategy under the umbrella label of digital sovereignty. Data is an important element in this strategy. To this end, a specific Data Governance Act was enacted in 2022. This new regulation builds upon two ideas: reuse of data held by public sector bodies and voluntary sharing of data under the label of data altruism. This short commentary reviews the main content of the new regulation. Based on the review, a few points are also raised about potential challenges.