Summary table of the evolution of European data and platform law

Abstract

Data governance has been on top of the European Union regulatory agenda for over a decade, starting with the 2012 data protection reform and culminating in the avalanche of other regulatory instruments that have been proposed and adopted in the past four years within the European Data Strategy. The strategy’s plan is to make the EU a leader in a data-driven society for the benefit of businesses, citizens, and administrations, considering the nature of data as an economic good. The presented table, without any claims of exhaustiveness, aims at facilitating the study and retrieval of normative production and thus lists the main provisions of European data and digital platform law, either in force or still under discussion, with specific links to the official website of the European Union, where it is possible to delve into the preparatory work and find other official materials.