EU Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton told the Financial Times on Wednesday (15 January) that he would present his proposals to create a European data area "in early March".
These proposals should help companies get more out of the data they generate. According to the figures put forward by the Commission, companies around the world today generate a volume of data of 35 zetabytes, i.e. 35 trillion bytes of data. This volume doubles every 18 months and will reach 175 zetabytes in...