Remaining EU's Digital Single Market Proposals To Be Laid Out by December, Says EC Official

issues -- that it committed to when the digital single market (DSM) strategy was released a year ago, said Andrea Glorioso, counselor for the digital economy with the EU delegation to the U.S. He gave a public overview about the progress in developing the DSM, including what has been proposed over the past six months (see 1605240018, 1602020036 and 1509240053). On the free flow of nonpersonal data, he said EU officials are assessing how they should deal with the huge amount of data generated by the IoT and sensors that aren't personal in nature and should be able to flow freely within the internal market. He said there's "anecdotal and more than anecdotal evidence" regarding national obstacles to that free data flow. For example, he said weather data is a potential source of innovation but some member states are applying a "bizarre interpretation" that makes it more difficult to facilitate such data flows. Glorioso reviewed a host of proposals that have been laid out already, including allocating the 700 MHz band for mobile internet use, providing more trust and security for personal data, creating research hubs similar to Silicon Valley and boosting e-commerce. All the proposals, he said, will be negotiated between the European Parliament and the Council of the EU. The DSM strategy seeks to establish one set of rules for the online world across its 28 member countries. European officials have said that, as a result, consumers and businesses would have better access to digital goods and services across the continent and a larger economy with strong data protection standards.