On February 23, 2022, the European Commission presented a proposal for the Data Act. This regulation is intended to regulate access to and use of data in the European Union in the future. It includes requirements for data transfer to users of products and services that produce data, to...

Cover -- About the content / About the authors -- Title -- Foreword -- Table of Contents -- Chapter 1: Scope of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) -- Chapter 2: First Steps -- Chapter 3: Records of Processing Activities -- 1. Duty to establish documentation -- 2. Exemption from the...

The GDPR is the Magna Carta of data protection, the importance of which cannot be overstated. Yet, as this article shows, the price of data protection through the GDPR is much higher than previously recognized. The GDPR creates two main harmful effects on competition and innovation: it limits...