The implications of the Data Act to B2G Data Sharing in Smart Cities

The Proposed "Regulation on harmonized rules on fair access to and use of data" aims to allow the free flow of data to different actors, such as the public sector. Covering personal and non-personal data. Chapter V of the Act named “Making Data Available to Public Sector Bodies and The Commission or Union Bodies Based on Exceptional Need”, has the main objective to make business data available to the public sector – known as business-to-government data sharing – under “exceptional circumstances” after other means to obtain the relevant data has been exhausted. Therefore, this study aims to explore the following research question: How the business-to-government mandatory data- sharing for a task in the public interest provision of the Data Act can be applied to a Smart City?