The European Commission is planning to release its Data Governance Act to facilitate data sharing within the EU. The goal is to increase data sharing among businesses, make more public sector data available for reuse, and foster data sharing of persona...

In the establishment of EU common data spaces as part of the bloc's forthcoming data strategy, providers of new data sharing services must both be established in the EU and should avoid 'conflicts of interest' in collecting new troves of data, a copy o...

Requirements to keep data in Europe would likely violate World Trade Organization rules, trade lawyers say.

Major Internet platforms will be required to open up their algorithms to regulatory oversight under proposals European lawmakers are set to introduce next month. In a speech today Commission EVP Margrethe Vestager suggested algorithmic accountability w...

Leaked documents highlight the Commission’s move toward keeping data in Europe.

The European Commission has proposed a number of policy and legislative initiatives to unlock the re-use potential of different types of data and create a common European data space.

The EU already has the strongest data governance framework in place thanks to a slew of regulations it introduced in the past more than five years.

The European Union has long been a trendsetter in privacy regulation. Its General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and stringent antitrust laws have inspired new legislation around the world. For decades, the EU has codified protections on personal da...

It raises questions about the implications of potential new rules on cross-border data flows and the governance of data-sharing platforms.

According to a report from the Financial Times, European regulators are compiling a "hit list" of up to 20 tech companies that will face tougher regulation intended...