Last November, 2018/1807/EU Regulation on a framework for the free flow of non-personal data in the European Union was adopted and it shall be applicable from May 29, 2019 in all Member States.
The Regulation no. 2018/1807 applies to any data that is not covered by the GDPR, i.e. any data that is not personal data.
The Regulation is based on the recognition of the followings (see Paragraph 1 of the Preamble):
The digitisation of the economy is accelerating. Information and Communications Technology is no longer a specific sector, but the foundation of all modern innovative economic systems and societies. Electronic data are at the centre of those systems and can generate great value when analysed or combined with services and products. At the same time, the rapid development of the data economy and emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things products and services, autonomous systems, and 5G are raising novel legal issues surrounding questions of access to and reuse of data, liability, ethics and solidarity. Work should be considered on the issue of liability, in particular through the implementation of self-regulatory codes and other best practices, taking into account recommendations, decisions and actions taken without human interaction along the entire value chain of data processing. Such work might also include appropriate mechanisms for determining liability, for transferring responsibility among cooperating services, for insurance and for auditing.