DataFlowEU — EU Data Act Compliance Platform for IoT & Connected Product Manufacturers
The EU Data Act, fully applicable since September 12, 2025, fundamentally changes how manufacturers of connected products handle data. Users now have the legal right to access, control, and share data generated by their IoT devices — free of charge, in machine-readable formats, via standardized APIs
DataFlowEU — EU Data Act Compliance Platform for IoT & Connected Product Manufacturers
The Problem
The EU Data Act, fully applicable since September 12, 2025, fundamentally changes how manufacturers of connected products handle data. Users now have the legal right to access, control, and share data generated by their IoT devices — free of charge, in machine-readable formats, via standardized APIs. Most manufacturers have zero infrastructure for this.
The "access by design" requirement arriving September 2026 means that any NEW connected product placed on the EU market must be architecturally designed to make data easily accessible by default. This isn't a checkbox exercise — it requires rethinking product architecture, building API layers, managing consent flows, and balancing Data Act obligations with GDPR requirements (over-disclosure of personal data is a GDPR violation).
Small and mid-sized IoT manufacturers — the companies making smart thermostats, industrial sensors, agricultural monitoring devices, connected kitchen appliances — are caught between a rock and a hard place. They lack the legal and technical expertise to implement compliance, and existing GRC platforms (Vanta, Drata, OneTrust) don't address the Data Act's specific technical requirements around data portability, API design, and "access by design."
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