Over the last few years, digital technologies have transformed the economy and society, affecting all sectors and daily lives.

Data is at the centre of this transformation. Data-driven innovation will bring enormous benefits for citizens, as improved personalised medicine, new mobility and its contribution to the European Green Deal.

In a society where individuals will generate ever increasing amounts of data, the way in which the data are collected and used must place the interests of the individual first, in accordance with European values. Citizens will trust and embrace data-driven innovations only if they are confident that any personal data sharing in the EU will be subject to full compliance with the EU’s strict data protection rules.

At the same time, the increasing volume of non-personal industrial data and public data in Europe, combined with technological change in how the data is stored and processed, will constitute a potential source of growth and innovation.