EU Data Act - Defined Product Data Ownership as a Booster for Data Governance
As of September 2025, the EU Data Act will extend regulatory coverage from privacy to product data, targeting connected products and related services, such as cars generating sensor data. With well-organized data, the new obligations for manufacturers active in the EU market will be straightforward. Conversely, organizations with a lower degree of data maturity may well use the regulation as a vehicle to better control their data estate.
Target Audience: Data Professionals with touchpoints to Regulation
Prerequisites: Data Governance concepts, basic familiarity with GDPR
Level: Advanced
Extended Abstract:
The speaker is adopting the Data Act for connected products, has adopted GDPR in the past, and will share insights on:
• EU Data Act in a nutshell: the new obligations
• Rearview mirror: lessons learned from GDPR
• How mature Data Governance simplifies Data Act adoption
• How the new obligations can propel Governance initiatives
Dominik Ebeling is a CDMP-certified data and technology manager with more than ten years of international experience in start-up and enterprise contexts. He is passionate about building and developing successful teams, optimizing global processes and structures, and turning data into solutions for customer problems. In his current role as Head of Data Governance at Rolls-Royce Power Systems, Dominik is developing a long-standing manufacturing business into a data-driven organization.
