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Free Flow of Non-Personal Data

A proposal for a key Regulation to support the data econom y

Pearse O’Donohue

Director Future Netw orks, DG CONNECT EP I MCO – 2 3 January 2 0 1 8

Free m ovem ent of data is essential for the European Data Econom y

• Data and data flows "feed" technological innovation (IoT, AI, blockchain, fin-

tech, smart mobility, e-health).

• This is estimated to enable the European Data Economy , which will provide

an estimated additional 4% of the GDP by 2020.

CONTEXT

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• Proposal for a Regulation on the free flow of

non-personal data:

• Adopted by the Commission on 13 September 2017
• Essence: Member States may no longer require

businesses and citizens to store or process data within their territory

• Core problem : Obstacles to data mobility in the EU

(data localisation and vendor lock-in)

CONTEXT

Free Flow of Data: An Essential piece of the DSM strategy

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The proposed Regulation ( 1 )

• Principles-based, not detailed (Better

Regulation):

• The free flow of non-personal data principle
• The principle of data availability for regulatory

control purposes

• Pushing cloud service providers and users develop

self-regulatory codes of conduct for easier switching of provider and/or porting data back to in-house servers

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THE LEGI SLATI VE PROPOSAL

The proposed Regulation ( 2 )

• No data localisation restrictions or measures

having equivalent effect, unless justified on grounds of public security

• Notification and review requirements (re-use of

Transparency Directive 2015/1535 procedures)

• Governance by single points of contact per

Member State, forming an expert group

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THE LEGI SLATI VE PROPOSAL

GDPR and Free Flow of non-Personal Data

• Scope: non-

personal data

• No overlap

with the GDPR

• Together,

GDPR and FFnpD should lead to a 'Single EU Dataspace'

THE LEGI SLATI VE PROPOSAL

Single EU Dataspace:

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