Companies, member states of the European Union (EU) and citizens should Data can exchange information more easily with each other. As part of the newly planned data strategy, the European Commission has now Regulation which defines the legal framework within which the potential of the ever-growing volume of data can be exploited. This should make possible a "trustworthy data altruism."
According to Margarete Vestager, Vice-President of the Commission, this explicitly states that the new data strategy does not force anyone to share data, but only allows data to be shared in a trustworthy and secure way.
Neutral data intermediaries
Specifically, the exchange of data is to take place via so-called neutral data intermediaries. These are organisations that are not allowed to use the data entrusted to them for their own products or to sell them on to third parties. In the long term, the aim is to create a single European market for data, which will serve as an infrastructure European cloud initiative Gaia-X could be useful. Initially, individual data rooms are planned for sectors such as energy, manufacturing and Green Deal, in which data can be bundled and used by several parties.
The data strategy also foresees that public sector data can more easily be used for secondary purposes. The EU Commission cites the use of medical data in science as an example.
Protection of personal data
According to the EU Commission, the data strategy envisages an alternative technology platform that will compete with the hyperscalers from MicrosoftGoogle, and Amazon is standing. The aim of data sharing is, among other things, to better control energy consumption, to enable personalized medicine based on the collected patient data and to make public services available digitally.
The use of neutral data intermediaries and compliance with the Basic Data Protection Regulation (DSGVO) should ensure that the personal data of citizens and companies are protected. The draft regulation therefore provides for data to be examined by means of randomisation, anonymisation or pseudonymisation.
Further rounds of negotiations must now determine whether these requirements are sufficient to protect personal data. At present, the member states and the European Parliament can submit proposals for amendments and criticism of the data strategy.
