What the owner is owed · EU Data Act
You can send it to anyone — even their competitor.
Point at a third party; the vendor must deliver your data to them on the same terms.
A rival analytics platform, an energy optimiser, your own consultant: you designate, they receive. The receiving party carries duties too — purpose-bound use, no cloning the product it came from.
Paraphrase. The articles below say it precisely.
When
| 12 September 2025 | Applies |
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The law behind it
- Article 5 Right of the user to share data with third parties
- Article 6 Obligations of third parties receiving data at the request of the user
Where it lives
Stop 3, Cloud service, Stop 5, Third party ; alongside the path: Web client.
What to ask beside it
GDPR: Is this data about people? In the rulebook
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.