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Prepare now: the new Data ActEurope has made its decision: All companies that collect and use data must now comply with the new rules of the Data Act. Its regulations could threaten existing business models and make new ones possible - legal advice must take this into account.Guide through the new lawThis handbook will guide you safely through the complexities of the new rules, highlighting in particular

Rights and obligations regarding business-to-consumer and business-to-business data sharing

Obligations data holders are subject to

Implications of the new law for contract drafting

Measures to be taken by cloud providers to enable switching between different services

Circumstances under which companies must make data available to public authorities

Requirements for data-related smart contractsPractical approach

Clear explanations of newly defined terms such as data holder, interoperability and unfair contractual terms

Precise guidance on when companies must provide or may use data, and what leeway the new rules offer

Relationship to existing data protection and trade secret regulationsTarget groupsLawyers, in-house counsel, companies, public authorities, data protection officers, data intermediaries, business associations, research institutions, European institutionsFirst-hand knowledgeThe three authors of this handbook have been intensively involved in advising on and shaping the legal development of data usage and data protection for many years, particularly with regard to the issues newly regulated by the Data Act:Dr. Kristina Schreiber, Lawyer, Certified Specialist in Administrative Law and Certified Information Privacy Professional/Europe | Dr. Patrick Pommerening, Lawyer and Certified Specialist in Industrial Property Law | Philipp Schoel