During a conversation on the European strategy for data, European Commissioner for Internal Market Thierry Breton said lawmakers want to make the area "the most data-empowered continent in the world” and swing the power away from large tech companies, TechCrunch reports. Breton said the strategy will help EU businesses unlock data value and support decades of economic growth. "We have been brave enough to set our rules in the personal data sphere and this is what we need to do now for government and public and industrial data," said Breton.
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