EU Commission explains Data Act’s legal implications to member states

 In past weeks, the European Commission has been making a series of presentations, obtained by EURACTIV, to EU countries that have requested further clarity on how the new data law will apply and how it will interact with other legislation.

The Data Act is a legislative proposal intended to complete the Commission’s data strategy. The file was officially published in February. Since then, the member states in the EU Council have been seeking to better understand the proposal and how it will fit in an increasingly complex legislative framework.

Three more workshops are expected to take place with national experts by 25 May.

The new data law is meant to regulate access conditions for data produced by the Internet of Things (IoT) devices, requiring manufacturers to provide access and introducing the right for device users to access and port their data. (...)