EU Data & AI Acts
Data Act
EU Data Act
Rules on access to and use of data generated by connected products and related services: users get access to the data their devices produce and can direct it to third parties, with contractual fairness rules and safeguards against unlawful international access.
It also mandates cloud switching and interoperability, removing egress charges over time and requiring providers to support portability. That makes open formats and portable contracts a legal argument, not only an architectural preference.
At a glance
- Category
- EU Data & AI Acts
- Jurisdiction
- EU
- Governance
- European Union
- Status
- Regulation (EU) 2023/2854; in force January 2024, applicable since 12 September 2025
- First released
- 2023
Links
Related regulation
Other entries under EU Data & AI Acts.
- GDPR: General Data Protection Regulation
- EU AI Act: Artificial Intelligence Act
- DGA: Data Governance Act
See Data Act in context
Open the interactive Data Landscape for Regulation to compare Data Act against every other framework, or grab the raw JSON. Certification schemes and editions move — follow the source links before relying on this page.