Data transfer, data pools and data spaces in the light of the Horizontal Guidelines and Block Exemptions

Björn Lundqvist

Chapter 6 in Research Handbook on Data, Privacy and Competition Law, 2025, pp 127-139 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: What has happened with data pools? They were considered a way forward for smaller firms to compete and create wealth in the digital economy, and their existence depended on whether they were considered benign or unlawful under competition law. Guidance and soft law requirements were sought from the Commission, but has clear guidance on data pools or data sharing under the newly enacted block exemptions and recently published Horizontal Guidelines been provided? The chapter provides an analysis of whether the rules and soft law for data pools are transparent, flexible and lenient enough to promote cooperation among undertakings for the benefit of data sharing, data pools and data spaces, or whether the opportunity to give such guidance in the review of the Horizontal Guidelines has been lost. The conclusion states that the opportunity was unfortunately lost.

Keywords: Data transfer; Data pools; Data spaces; Horizontal Guidelines; Competition law; Exemption (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
ISBN: 9781802202328
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