News about Building a European data economy

The European Parliament, Council and the European Commission have just reached a political agreement on new rules that will allow data to be stored and processed everywhere in the EU without unjustified restrictions.

The European Commission has published a Communication on Digital transformation of health and care in the Digital Single Market.

Questions and Answers on the Proposal for a review of the Directive on the re-use of public sector information (PSI Directive), the Recommendation on access to and preservation of scientific information and on the Guidance on sharing private sector data.

The European Commission is putting forward a set of measures to increase the availability of data in the EU, building on previous initiatives to boost the free flow of non-personal data in the Digital Single Market.

A European approach on AI will boost the European Union’s competitiveness and ensure trust based on European values. The European Commission has already invested significant amounts to bring benefits to our society and economy. This factsheet provides an overview of AI in Europe.

With this Communication, the Commission proposes a package of measures as a key step towards a common data space in the EU - a seamless digital area with the scale that will enable the development of new products and services based on data.

Public sector bodies produce and collect huge quantities of data, a valuable raw material for the development of the economy to enable growth and create jobs.

Drawing from the principles identified in the Communication "Towards a common European data space", this Staff Working Document aims to provide a toolbox for companies that are data holders, data users, or both at the same time. For this purpose, it contains a "How to" guide on legal, business and technical aspects of data sharing that can be used in practice when considering and preparing data transfers between companies coming from the same or different sectors.

The first meeting of the new Digital Single Market cloud stakeholder working groups took place in Brussels on 17 April. The creation of the working groups was spurred by the Commission's legislative proposals of 13 September 2017 on the free flow of non-personal data and cyber security. These working groups will conduct self-regulatory work in the areas of cloud security and porting data/switching cloud service providers.

The European Commission has launched a new Horizon Prize on Big Data Technologies. EUR 2 million is available for improving electricity grid traffic forecasting in terms of scalability, accuracy, speed and use of computational resources.