Data Intermediaries Alliance

The Data Intermediaries Alliance (DIA) is a European association established in 2024, on the initiative of the Italian Institute for Privacy and Data Valorisation. We want to bring together the best European experts and stakeholders in the field of data intermediation, data sharing and secondary use of data, in the light of the advent of new data-related technologies, professions and business models under European legislation: the Data Governance Act and the European Data Spaces Regulations. The Data Intermediaries Alliance’s general objective is to monitor, study and influence the dynamics of data intermediation and data sharing for the purposes of innovation, scientific research, development, the common good, and data altruism. The association's objectives include: (a) the production of studies relating to the role of data intermediaries, as envisaged by the Data Governance Act (Regulation (EU) 2022/868 of 30 May 2022) and other European Union regulations, such as those on European data spaces; (b) the monitoring and sharing of the best practices adopted in Europe and worldwide by data intermediaries, also with reference to data anonymisation, pseudonymisation and synthesisation techniques; c) the analysis of models of secondary use and exploitation of data, both personal and non-personal, in harmony with the different regulations on the protection of personal data, confidentiality, corporate and industrial secrecy, industrial property and secrecy in the public domain. These aims are also to be developed by means of an intense conferences and studies activity that will allow, over time, the drafting, publication and dissemination of analyses, research and documents on the data intermediation, valorisation and protection issues that are most relevant to the proper performance of the various economic, entrepreneurial, institutional and professional initiatives in general.