CA25140 - Moving Data for Europe (MoveDataMove)

Data access is key for European research and innovation, and user-driven data access is one of the levers that Europe has put in place to accelerate it. A panoply of rights to data access and portability are transforming the possibilities to legally move and use data. Anticipated to form the cornerstone of a more competitive Europe, the full potential of these rights remains however constrained by their lack of visibility, knowledge gaps, and uncertainty about how to use them in practice. Most crucially, the question of whether their regulation is fully fit for purpose must be tackled.

MoveDataMove puts in motion a community of experts aiming to survey, test, re-think and future-proof user-driven data access in Europe. Connecting researchers across disciplines from law to computer science, but also regulators and civil society, and further bridging with data professionals and novel data actors, it will explore, test, disseminate and conceptualise emergent user-driven data access rights. It will survey regulatory developments in the European Union, the United Kingdom and Council of Europe level, generate evidence-based policy recommendations, and focus empirical efforts on two thematic areas corresponding to two European Data Spaces: health and tourism. It will also provide tools for teaching with and about data rights and share actionable guidance for successfully incorporating emergent data access tools into research and innovation. Doing so, it will champion a better use of data law and data in Europe, strengthen European research capabilities and contribute to advancing towards more sustainable and prosperous societies.