New Data Act: A Practitioner&#039;s Guide

RAin Dr. Kristina Schreiber FAinVerwR; RA Dr. Patrick Pommerening FAGewRS; Philipp Schoel

doi:10.5771/9783748949497

Summary

Guide through the new law Europe has made its decision: All companies that collect and use data must now comply with the new rules of the Data Act. Its regulations could threaten existing business models and make new ones possible – legal advice must take this into account. This handbook will guide you safely through the complexities of the new rules.
Practical approach

Clear explanations of newly defined terms such as data holder, interoperability and unfair contractual terms

Precise guidance on when companies must provide or may use data, and what leeway the new rules offer

Relationship to existing data protection and trade secret regulations

Outlook on future changes due to the "Digital Omnibus"

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Edition: 1/2026
Copyright Year: 2026
ISBN-Print: 978-3-7560-0991-6
ISBN-Online: 978-3-7489-4949-7
Publisher: Nomos, Baden-Baden
Language: English
Pages: 239
Product Type: Monograph

1. Preface No access
2. Contents No access
3. Authors No access
4. Abbreviations No access
5. General bibliography No access
1. A. EU Data Strategy No access
2. B. EU Digital Strategy No access
3. C. The EU’s Omnibus Initiative with the Digital Package on Simplification No access
1. A. Goals No access
2. B. History of the Regulation No access
3. 1. I. Subject matter No access
  2. II. Data covered No access
  3. III. Addressees No access
  4. IV. Marketplace principle No access
4. 1. I. Data protection and trade secret protection No access
  2. II. Freedom of contract No access
5. 1. I. Validity from September 2025 No access
  2. II. Product design obligations: applicable only from September 2026 No access
6. F. Symmetrical vs. asymmetrical regulation of the data economy No access
1. 1. I. Structure No access
  2. II. Exemptions for SMEs No access
2. B. Actors No access
3. 1. I. Connected products No access
  2. II. Related services No access
  3. III. Usage data and no content data No access
  4. IV. Virtual assistants No access
4. 1. I. Factual data access claim: access by design No access
  2. II. Making data available by the data holder No access
  3. III. Sharing data with third-party data recipients No access
  4. IV. Duty to provide information No access
  5. V. Data protection law and data access No access
  6. VI. Restrictions on data access outside of data protection law No access
  7. VII. Limitations on the use and disclosure of data by the data holder No access
5. 1. I. Requirements for making data available No access
  2. II. Compensation for making data available No access
  3. III. Dispute settlement No access
1. A. Introduction No access
2. 1. I. Personal scope No access
  2. II. Material scope No access
  3. III. Temporal scope of application No access
3. C. Relationship to the Unfair Contract Terms Directive No access
4. D. Unilateral imposition No access
5. 1. I. Black clauses (Art. 13(4) DA) No access
  2. II. Grey clauses (Art. 13(5) DA) No access
  3. III. General clause (Art. 13(3) DA) No access
  4. IV. Legal consequences No access
1. A. Overview No access
2. 1. I. Data processing services No access
  2. II. Privileging of on-premise services No access
  3. III. Original and acquiring providers No access
  4. IV. No privileges for SMEs No access
  5. V. Beneficiary customers No access
  6. VI. Application exceptions No access
  7. VII. Switching to similar services, ICT infrastructure or simultaneous use of several providers No access
3. 1. I. Technical aspects of the change No access
  2. II. Switching charges No access
  3. III. Duty of loyalty No access
  4. IV. Contract and information No access
1. A. Overview No access
2. B. Interoperability for data spaces and data sharing No access
3. C. Interoperability of data processing services No access
4. D. Interoperability for smart contracts No access
1. A. Introduction No access
2. 1. I. Entitled entities No access
  2. II. Obligated parties No access
  3. III. Legal requirements No access
  4. IV. Fulfilment and rejection of data requests No access
  5. V. Relationship to other obligations to provide data No access
3. 1. I. No further use under DGA and Open Data Directive No access
  2. II. Obligations of the authorised bodies No access
  3. III. Forwarding of the data obtained to other public bodies No access
4. D. Compensation for making the data available No access
5. E. Assistance and cross-border cooperation No access
6. F. Legal protection No access
1. 1. I. National design options No access
  2. II. Independence No access
  3. III. Data coordinator No access
  4. IV. Responsibility and appointment of representatives No access
2. B. Penalties No access
3. 1. I. Right of complaint No access
  2. II. Protective letter No access
  3. III. Legal remedies No access
4. D. Civil court enforcement No access
1. A. Introduction No access
2. B. Norm addressees No access
3. 1. I. International transfer No access
  2. II. State access No access
  3. III. Permissible compliance with official and court decisions No access
4. D. Protective measures No access
1. A. Introduction No access
2. 1. I. Task of the Commission No access
  2. II. Members of the EDIB No access
  3. III. Organisation No access
3. 1. I. Development of standardised practices No access
  2. II. Development of standardised guidelines No access
  3. III. Standardisation activities No access
  4. IV. Guidelines on ‘Common European Data Spaces’ No access
  5. V. Facilitating cooperation No access
  6. VI. Other tasks No access
Annex: Data Act No access Pages 139 - 230
Index No access Pages 231 - 239