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Aqilah Sandhu

• Data are the indispensable raw material of the fourth industrial revolution and as such their flow and processing is increasingly regulated in the European Union. Within the last two decades, the European Union has not only emerged as a strong soft power globally through the regulation of the protection of personal data, but also adopted numerous hard law instruments to regulate the digital sphere. Data, not only personal, are subject to a dense range of binding regulations and directives. Beyond this, the EU aspires to the digital transformation of the national economies, governance structures, workplaces and education systems through a Novel Form of Governance. This contribution provides an overview of the proposed measures in the field of EU data law in the light of the order of competences which is guided by the central principle of conferral. In order to achieve the objectives laid down in the Digital Compass, the Commission supervises a cooperation mechanism between the EU andData are the indispensable raw material of the fourth industrial revolution and as such their flow and processing is increasingly regulated in the European Union. Within the last two decades, the European Union has not only emerged as a strong soft power globally through the regulation of the protection of personal data, but also adopted numerous hard law instruments to regulate the digital sphere. Data, not only personal, are subject to a dense range of binding regulations and directives. Beyond this, the EU aspires to the digital transformation of the national economies, governance structures, workplaces and education systems through a Novel Form of Governance. This contribution provides an overview of the proposed measures in the field of EU data law in the light of the order of competences which is guided by the central principle of conferral. In order to achieve the objectives laid down in the Digital Compass, the Commission supervises a cooperation mechanism between the EU and the Member States, enabling it to gently digitize areas outside the strict scope of EU law.…