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EU Data Act Scope Decision Map

Start from your role, then follow the paths that matter. This scope decision map helps product, legal, and platform teams navigate data access, user directed sharing, B2B terms, B2G exceptional need requests, and cloud switching with less ambiguity.

This scope map is a snapshot. Implementing acts will refine obligations, contracts change, and your data landscape grows. Our Copilot keeps it aligned to your setup. Our Autopilot evaluates your readiness and acts on what it finds.

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What applies to you
Start from your role and follow the correct obligations.
Share or refuse
Apply security and trade secret limits with the right notices.
Operational deadlines
Cloud switching, B2G response windows, and governance.
By Sorena AIUpdated Feb 2026No sign-up required
Role to obligation finder
Data Act
Manufacturer
Access by design and transparency
Data holder
User access, sharing, and fair terms
Public sector
Exceptional need requests and response duties
Cloud provider
Switching, portability, and unlawful access safeguards
Use this map to find the right obligations, then implement the right playbooks.
2025Applies
B2BSharing
B2GRequests
CloudSwitching
In scope?
No switching charges 2027
FRAND terms
Data Act Timeline

Key dates from proposal to full application

Track the legislative journey and compliance deadlines of Regulation (EU) 2023/2854, from the 2020 data strategy through the 2028 evaluation report.

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Data Act Scope Decision Map

What does the Data Act mean for your business?

Follow the flow from scope and connected product data to third-party sharing, B2B terms, exceptional need requests, cloud switching, interoperability, and enforcement. Each step links to the obligations you need to implement.

EU Data Act scope decision map by Sorena AI
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Operationalise the Data Act across product, contracts, and cloud

This scope map shows where to start. Sorena Research Copilot can tailor obligations to your role, datasets, and contracts, then generate practical clauses, playbooks, and checklists your teams can implement.

  • Assign owners and workflows per obligation area and per dataset
  • Draft user access and third party sharing templates with safeguards
  • Build B2G exceptional need playbooks with response timelines and escalation paths
  • Update cloud switching and portability clauses across service contracts
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