Boeselager: Council draft on Data Act hinders data exchange

The Greens in the European Parliament expressed fears that the Data Act could prevent rather than promote the shared use of data. This risk exists if the law follows the approach in Chapter II of the current Council draft, says MEP Damian Boeselager (Greens/EFA). Given the „extensive carte blanche from data sharing obligations“ granted to data holders by the Council compromise and the very extensive liability regime, the Data Act will fail to achieve its original political goal, he said.