The Data Act access by design obligation becomes applicable on 12 September 2026 to connected products and related services placed on the market after that date.
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The EDPB and EDPS joint opinion on the Digital Omnibus supports the European Commission’s goal of simplifying EU digital rules and strengthening competitiveness.
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The Digital Package on Simplification, proposed by the European Commission, updates key EU laws — including the GDPR, the AI Act, the Data Act, the NIS2 Directive, and the ePrivacy Directive — to modernize and simplify the entire European digital regulatory framework.
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The Data Act effective date is TODAY 12 September 2025 with most of the provisions of Regulation (EU) 2023/2854, better known as the Data Act, will finally come into force.
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With the EU Data Act now into force, companies must urgently prepare for sweeping new obligations on data access, sharing, and interoperability across connected products and services.
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The European Commission has recently published an updated version of the FAQs on the Data Act, offering further clarification on the concepts of inferred or derived data.
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The European Commission has published FAQs on the Data Act, one of the pillars of the European Data Strategy with several impacts on Internet of Things (IoT) devices and any connected technology.
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