The American Chamber of Commerce to the EU (AmCham EU) shares the objectives of the European Commission to increase access to and further the use of data through the proposed ‘Data Act’. AmCham EU is of the view that the Data Act should promote more data sharing in order to boost economic growth, research and innovation, competitiveness, and job creation. Moreover, the Data Act should not disrupt functioning data sharing and processing models, unintentionally make collaboration more difficult, or impose unjustified and unnecessary mandatory data sharing or portability obligations