EU Data Act overhaul narrows data requests, clarifies GDPR oversight
By Júlia Tar ( June 1, 2026, 15:35 GMT | Insight) -- The EU's Data Act provisions governing emergency data requests would be tightened — while member states move to clarify GDPR enforcement responsibilities and aim to fold parts of several EU data laws into a single framework — according to a May 29 compromise text on the digital simplification package, seen by MLex.EU member states have narrowed the Data Act’s business-to-government data-sharing obligations, clarified General Data Protection Regulation enforcement responsibilities, and expanded provisions consolidating the bloc’s public-sector data re-use regime, according to a compromise text dated May 29 and seen by MLex....
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