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EU citizens will have the right to download the personal data they have provided, but also to have it directly transferred to a competing service, if 'technically feasible' (Photo: John Trainor)

New EU right to data portability to cause headaches

As of 25 May 2018, EU citizens will have a new legal right that will help them switch digital services.

It is called the right to data portability.

The idea is that all personal data you provided to a certain service, for example posts on a social network like Facebook, should be available for you to download and transmit to a competing service.

The rationale behind the right to data portability – which is part of a much broader regulation on data protection – is that consum...

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EU citizens will have the right to download the personal data they have provided, but also to have it directly transferred to a competing service, if 'technically feasible' (Photo: John Trainor)

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