DataVault EU — EU Data Act Compliance Platform for Connected Product SMEs
The EU Data Act (Regulation (EU) 2023/2854) forces every manufacturer of connected products to: 1. Give users free access to data generated by their devices 2. Allow users to share that data with third parties (including competitors) 3. Design new products (from Sept 2026) to be "data accessible by
The Problem
The EU Data Act (Regulation (EU) 2023/2854) forces every manufacturer of connected products to:
- Give users free access to data generated by their devices
- Allow users to share that data with third parties (including competitors)
- Design new products (from Sept 2026) to be "data accessible by default"
- Provide standardized APIs for data extraction
- Protect trade secrets while enabling sharing
For an SME making smart appliances, industrial sensors, or connected machinery:
- They have no data infrastructure to expose product data via APIs
- They don't know what data must be shared vs. what's protected as trade secrets
- They can't afford a custom engineering project to build data access layers
- They face €20M fines for non-compliance
Evidence:
- Only ONE dedicated startup (Stream Analyze) focuses specifically on Data Act compliance for IoT
- Sigma Software Group published guides showing manufacturers need "access layers, APIs, identity management, logging workflows"
- Corporate Compliance Insights called it a "reality check" — most companies aren't ready
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