The Commission held a public consultation on the Data Act between 3 June to 3 September 2021. The objective was to gather views and experience of stakeholders, citizens and businesses on various topics to help shape the Commission’s proposal for a Data Act.
In total, 449 stakeholders responded to the questionnaire from 32 countries (25 EU Member States, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Japan, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States). Businesses constituted the largest share, with 122 business associations and 105 companies/ business organisations. One hundred respondents were public authorities and 58 were citizens (56 from the EU and 2 non-EU)
The questionnaire (.pdf) gathered feedback on the different measures considered in preparing the Data Act. It was divided into the following 8 sections:
- Business-to-government data sharing for the public interest
- Business-to-business data sharing
- Tools for data sharing: smart contracts
- Clarifying rights on non-personal Internet-of-Things data stemming from professional use
- Improving portability for business users of cloud services
- Complementing the portability right under Article 20 GDPR
- Intellectual Property Rights – Protection of Databases
- Safeguards for non-personal data in international contexts
To read more about responses and the findings, download the summary report (.pdf)
Contributions
- You can consult the individual contributions from respondents on 'Have your say’
- Part VIII. of the Entry of the Czech Republic to the public consultation on the Data Act