Free flow of non-personal data

Regulation concerning the free flow of non-personal data has been in force since the day before yesterday. You can now store and process NON-personal data anywhere in the EU. A new regulation wil make it easier for users to switch providers. It provides a self-regulatory process through which stakeholders in the Cloud sector develop codes of conduct. This regulation seems to have had no impact on the GDPR as it does not cover personal data. With the new rules, customers can trust that their data is safe. This will make it easier for them to change or terminate contracts.

From now on, member states will lose their ability to make businesses store data in a specific location. This means that when you store data in the EU, authorities in all Member States retain the right to access it for any reason. The new policies have huge implications for the data economy in Europe and will open up opportunities for start-ups and SMEs to create new services. This could lead to a 4% increase in EU GDP, or €739 billion, by 2020 alone.

Officials’ statement

“From today, there will be one less major barrier to the Digital Single Market. Any new data localisation restrictions receives a ban. All unjustified existing restrictions must be phased out within 2 years. The new regulation on the free flow of non-personal data will help boost the European data economy, boosting growth and jobs, as well as the EU’s competitiveness in the global market. Improved data flows will create new opportunities for European start-ups and SMEs to create new services,” said European Commission Vice-President and Commissioner for the Digital Single Market, Andrus Ansip, and Commissioner for the Digital Economy and Society, Marija Gabrielle, in a joint statement.

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Author: PC-GR
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