Data Act

The Data Act (DA) forms the central pillar of the new EU Data Law regime – framing data generation, access, use and transfer. The DA focuses in particular on data access for businesses, consumers and the public sector, on data contracts and on cloud switching.

Comprehensive commentary
The Specht/Hennemann offers an article-by-article commentary on the DA. It stands out for its systematic depth of explanation and practical relevance. The style of the commentary (including recitals printed next to the respective norms) facilitates the understanding of the complex regulatory structure of the DA. In a comprehensive introduction, overarching topics are presented, such as the underlying data policy decisions, current debates, developments at the national, the supranational, and the international levels, as well as an overall assessment and critique of the DA.

Main topics
• Data access
• Data contracts
• Cloud switching
• International data transfer
• Public enforcement
• Relationship to other legal acts, particularly the GDPR

Target groups
Everyone interested in the legal framework of the data economy, especially manufacturers and providers of IoT-products and related services, providers of data intermediation services and cloud services, data altruistic organizations; supervisory authorities, in-house lawyers, data protection officers, business and consumer associations, the judiciary, research institutions, and European and national institutions.

Outstanding Expertise
This work is edited by Prof. Dr. Louisa Specht-Riemenschneider, Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information, Chair of Civil Law, Data Economy Law, Data Protection, Digitalization, and Artificial Intelligence at the University of Bonn, and Prof. Dr. Moritz Hennemann, M.Jur. (Oxon.), Director, Institute of Media and Information Law, Chair of Civil Law with Information Law, Media Law, and Internet Law at the University of Freiburg.

The authors are distinguished experts in the field of data law:
PD Dr. Anna K. Bernzen, Berlin | Prof. Dr. Michael Denga, LL.M. (KCL), Maîtr. en Droit (Paris II), Business & Law School, Berlin | Prof. Dr. Lothar Determann, Free University of Berlin; University of California, Berkeley School of Law | Prof. Dr. Moritz Hennemann, M.Jur. (Oxon.), University of Freiburg | Prof. Dr. Kai von Lewinski, University of Passau | Prof. Dr. Dimitrios Linardatos, University of Saarland, Saarbrücken | PD Dr. Andreas Sattler, LL.M. (Nottingham), University of Munich | Prof. Dr. Sebastian Schwamberger, LL.M., University of Graz | Prof. Dr. Ing. Christoph Sorge, University of Saarland, Saarbrücken | Prof. Dr. Louisa Specht-Riemenschneider, Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information, University of Bonn | Prof. Dr. Björn Steinrötter, University of Potsdam | Nils Torben Wiedemann, Ass. Iur., LL.M. (Dublin), University of Saarland, Saarbrücken