Council of the EU Agreed on a Negotiating Mandate on a Proposal for a Data Governance Act

The Council of Europe agreed on a negotiating mandate on a proposal for a Data Governance Act (DGA) which would seek to set up solid mechanisms to facilitate the reuse of certain categories of protected public-sector data, increase trust in data intermediation services and promote data altruism across the EU on 01 October 2021.

According to the press release published on website of the Council of Europe;

  • The DGA will create a mechanism to enable the safe reuse of certain categories of public-sector data that are subject to the rights of others.
  • The proposal creates a framework to foster a new business model - data intermediation services - to provide a secure environment to help companies or individuals share data.
  • The proposal makes it easier for individuals and companies to make data voluntarily available for the common good, such as a particular research project
  • The proposal creates safeguards for public-sector data, data intermediation services and data altruism organisations against unlawful international transfer or governmental access to non-personal data.

Under the Council text, the new rules will apply 18 months after the entry into force of the regulation.

You can find the press release here.

You can find the proposal for regulation in question here.

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