Presentation by Marina Da Bormida R&I Legal Advisor and EC Ethics Expert FIWARE Global Summit 21-22 May 2019 - Genoa, Italy

1. The BDVA Legal & Ethical
Perspective in the Smart
Manufacturing Industry Subgroup
Marina Da Bormida
R&I Legal Advisor and EC Ethics Expert
FIWARE Global Summit, Smart Industry Track
Genoa, May 21st 2019

2. European Data Space promoting
European values
Trustworthy foundation of data marketplace
ensuring fair and secure data sharing
COM "Building a European Data Economy" (2017)
REG on the free flow of non-personal data in the EU (2018)
DIR on copyright in the Digital Single Market (2019)
Value of data as an economic asset,
data sovereignty and free flow of
data
Solid legal ground and EU values
(democracy, privacy protection and
equality)

3. An ecosystem of values...
Ethical
values
Human
Dignity
Human
Autonomy
Equality
Predictability Fairness
Accountability
Transparency
Non-
maleficence

4. Ethics foundation of Trustworthy AI
Ethical Principles
Respect for
human
autonomy
Prevention
of harm
Fairness Explicability
Key Requirements
Human agency and oversight
Technical robustness and safety
Privacy and data governance
Transparency
Diversity, non discrimination and fairness
Societal and environmental well-being
Accountability

5. Win-win data sharing ecosystem
Business
Citizens
Government and
public bodies
Science
Pursuing benefits for all involved stakeholders

6. Legal challenges to data sharing
Tackling inverse
privacy and
understanding
personal data rights
Lack of trust in data
sharing
Legal blockers to
free-flowing data
Privacy preservation
in an open data
landscape
Uncertainty around
data policies

7. SMI Legal Challenges – under discussion
Servitisation of manufacturing and the legal evolution of product as a
service
Moving beyond deterministic approaches to certification
Supply chain legal accountability and traceability
Exploring the role of self-regulation
Safeguarding human dignity and fostering human empowerment
Uncertain legal status of the production, use and sharing of data and
other type of smart property (data ownership & digital assets)

8. Drivers for the development of a trusted
European data sharing framework
Trusted
European
data sharing
framework
Trust building in data
sharing through technical
and regulatory means
GDPR-compliant sharing
personal data in B2B
applications
European-
wide
Regulatory
Sandboxes
Ethics &
Legal
compliance
by-design
Regulatory
alignment without
legal blockers to free-
flowing of data

9. Fair attribution of value represented in
data creation
Sufficient legal
protection for data?
Need of enactment
of exclusive rights in
data?
Competing Interests (data producers,
public interest, data subjects)
Difficult to apply legal categories
Uncertain legal basis for claims of
ownership of data

10. Exploring alternatives
B2B data exchange contracts under
well-defined data sovereignty
principles
• Clear legal framework outlining data
owners’ Access and Usage Policies
(data sharing conditions, clear usage
rights and restrictions, liabilities)
• Full control over data generated
• Individual “ownership” over personal
data
Enabling technologies
• Sticky policies
• Blockchain & smart contract
• DRM
• APIs
• Enforcement tools
• …
Factual exclusivity of data enabled by technical measures and agile contracting
à certainty and predictability through flexible and pragmatic solutions

11. Conclusions and Future Work
Trustworthy foundation of data marketplace as European
trademark of Data Economy
- Societal acceptance
- Critical mass of stakeholders
- Competitive advantage
Future works
• BDV PPP Summit, Riga (26-28 June)
• EBDV Forum 2019, Helsinki (14-16 October)

12. Thank you!
Marina Da Bormida
R&I Legal Advisor and EC Ethics Expert
m.dabormida@eurolawyer.it
+393498433690
FIWARE Global Summit, Smart Industry Track
Genoa, May 21st 2019