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Europe should not be afraid of data: official

Xinhua, September 30, 2016 Adjust font size:

European Commission Vice-President for the Digital Single Market Andrus Ansip said on Thursday that Europe should not be afraid of data on its way to a digital single market.

"Data is the basis of our digital future and prosperity. Data will drive our competitiveness and economic growth," said Ansip in a speech that he delivered at the European Digital Assembly in Bratislava, Slovakia earlier the day.

Within the single market, data has to be able to move across national borders and in a single data space, otherwise the growth potential of the digital economy in Europe will be limited, said the official.

According to him, by the end of this year, the European Commission will have presented major initiatives to remove unnecessary restrictions and tackle legal issues in order to unleash the full potential of the digital single market.

"We will also look at legal issues surrounding data ownership and management, use and reuse of data, access to data -- to prevent any of them from stifling innovation," he added. Endit