The Data Act: Unlocking Data Access, Governance, and Compliance
Overview
The Data Act aims to redefine the methods of accessing, sharing, and governing data, creating new opportunities and challenges for companies across all sectors. By introducing rules on data portability, contractual fairness, and interoperability, this new regulation is fully aligned with the European Union Digital Strategy and seeks to foster a more competitive, data-driven economy while ensuring compliance with European legal standards. This webinar is designed to provide an overview of the Data Act, focusing on its impact on businesses, data holders, and users, and aims to clarify how participants’ organizations may be affected by the Data Act and how to leverage this regulation to optimize data-driven innovation while ensuring legal compliance and a competitive edge in the digital economy.
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Speakers
Paolo Balboni
Founding Partner at ICT Legal ConsultingPaolo Balboni (Ph.D.) is a top tier European lawyer specialized in Privacy, ESG, Data Sharing, AI, ICT and Cybersecurity law. He serves as Data Protection Officer (DPO) for multinational companies.
He is a qualified lawyer admitted to the Milan Bar and the Amsterdam Bar and is a Founding Partner of ICT Legal Consulting (ICTLC), an international law firm with offices in Milan, Rome, Bologna, Amsterdam, Athens, Gothenburg, Helsinki, Madrid, Paris, Lagos, Melbourne, Nairobi and Riyadh, and partner law firms in more than 50 countries around the world. He is a Founder of ICT Cyber Consulting, a company specialized in information/data security.
Paolo is also Professor of Privacy, Cybersecurity, and IT Contract Law at the European Centre on Privacy and Cybersecurity (ECPC) within the Maastricht University Faculty of Law. Chairman of the European Patent Office (EPO) Data Protection Board, Member of the EUMETSAT Data Protection Supervisory Authority, Member of the Europrivacy Board of Experts, Member of the European Commission’s Expert Group on B2B data sharing and cloud computing contracts, Member of the Cloud Security Alliance’s AI Safety Expert Group, and Member of the General-purpose AI Code of Practice Plenary.
Paolo is Co-Chair of the Cloud Security Alliance Privacy Level Agreement (PLA). Recommended Lawyer ranked by The Legal 500 EMEA 2023 in the areas of Data Privacy and Data Protection and Industry Focus: TMT.
Federico Gatta
Partner at ICT Legal ConsultingSalary Partner at ICT Legal Consulting, Federico Gatta provides legal advice on data protection, IT contracts and debt recovery matters. He works in the management and development of multijurisdictional data protection compliance projects for clients including multinational companies, ICT service providers and non-profit organizations operating in multiple sectors. He also provides support in drafting and revising IT and privacy contracts and in extrajudicial negotiations and judicial proceedings. He is a certified Auditor for the Europrivacy Certification Scheme.
Andrea Strippoli
Managing Associate at ICT Legal ConsultingDavide Baldini
Partner at ICT Legal ConsultingAttorney-at-law, double degree PhD Candidate at the Universities of Florence and Maastricht, certified DPO at Maastricht University (ECPC-B), Lead Auditor and Consultant for the CSA Code of Conduct for GDPR Compliance, Implementer and Auditor for the Europrivacy Certification Scheme. Davide advises clients in the data protection, AI regulation and TMT fields, and participates in national and international research projects