Understand how legislation affects open data through our Academy
Our data.europa.eu Academy [https://data.europa.eu/en/academy] course
‘Understanding the legal side of open data
[https://data.europa.eu/en/academy/understanding-legal-side-open-data]’
is developed for data users who want to learn about legislation and
regulations related to open data. With webinars and reading materials,
users can teach themselves and create a deeper understanding about the
current legal challenges on the use and distribution of open data.
Moreover, the material is regularly updated to keep up with upcoming
challenges on topics like intellectual property or data
protection.  

The course contains four different lessons, where the lesson on
‘Artificial Intelligence and data ecosystems
[https://data.europa.eu/en/academy/artificial-intelligence-and-data-ecosystems]’
explores the opportunities AI can bring to our lives and contains
content on the link between AI and fundamental rights, such as data
privacy and protection. A series of three webinars hosted in 2024 by
data.europa.eu Academy [https://data.europa.eu/en/academy] are found
in this lesson to become an AI open data expert. The second lesson
‘Open data licensing
[https://data.europa.eu/en/academy/open-data-licensing]’ introduces
what open data licensing means in practice so you can select the right
open data license for your dataset. The lesson also includes the
‘Licensing Assistant
[https://data.europa.eu/en/training/licensing-assistant]’ tool that
provides a description of the available open data license. 

The other two lessons found in this course are ‘Introduction to data
protection
[https://data.europa.eu/en/academy/introduction-data-protection]’
and ‘Introduction to intellectual property and competition law
[https://data.europa.eu/en/academy/introduction-intellectual-property-and-competition-law]’.
The first touches upon the European data protection landscape and laws
like the General Data Protection Act that impact the data ecosystem
and exchange of data. The second provides you with insights into the
shift in intellectual property licensing, like with our webinar on
data ownership [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7ZgNBEJ8xg].  

Are you ready to become a legal expert in open data? Explore the
Academy course and stay tuned since new content is regularly added to
keep you up to date with legal developments in the EU.  

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Publication Date/Time
2024-08-02T08:00:00+00:00
Reusing and publication of open data is shaped by legal regulations
and legislation