EU seeks to ‘seize the opportunity’ of data economy

Euractiv | Oct 17, 2022 at 8:05 PM
  • Upcoming EU legislation that aims to put users and providers on an equal footing regarding data access is expected to generate billions of euros of additional GDP for Europe.
  • As data will be the infrastructure of the future data economy, “we really have to ensure that more players in the data market actually get this data.
  • Del Castillo pointed to a risk of overburdening small and medium-sized enterprises “by imposing further design obligations in relation to the products they design or manufacture, or the related services they might provide”.