What the owner is owed · EU Data Act

The event log isn't their database — it's your data.

Vendors can't rebuild lock-in by claiming database rights over what your building generated.

The sui generis database right explicitly does not apply where it would obstruct your access to device-generated data. That door is closed by name.

Paraphrase. The articles below say it precisely.

When

12 September 2025	Applies

The law behind it

Article 43 Databases containing certain data

Where it lives

Stop 2, Server (head-end), Stop 3, Cloud service .

See it in the rulebook · This right in the knowledge base

Not legal advice. This is the author’s own reading of the law, written to help facilities managers ask better questions. It has not been reviewed by a lawyer. For decisions, read the official text and take legal advice.