# Sensor Data Rights Law

> The Sensor Data Rights Law carries 4 published figures read from 4 sources' own pages, from 3 to 15 year, read 28 October 2026.

Sell Sensor Data to AI · https://sellsensordatatoai.com/datasets/sensor-data-rights-law/ · computed 2026-10-28

**Range of the published figures:** 3 to 15 year (range 3 to 15 year; 4 published figures; 7 of 7 sources read publish one).

Read in full on 28 October 2026: 7 of 7 named sources state a figure; 3 state none.

## By jurisdiction

| Breakdown | Median | Range | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| jurisdiction US | 3 year | 3 to 3 year | 1 |
| jurisdiction US | 6 month | 6 to 6 month | 2 |
| jurisdiction GB | 15 year | 15 to 15 year | 1 |
| jurisdiction EU | 10.5 year | 6 to 15 year | 2 |
| jurisdiction EU | 2 month | 2 to 2 month | 1 |

## Every figure, with its source

One row per source: the figure the source's own page publishes, the page, and the day it was read.

| Source | Figure | Breakdown | Read |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Copyright and Rights in Databases Regulations 1997, reg 17: duration](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/3032/regulation/17) | 15 year | GB | 2026-10-27 |
| [Directive 96/9/EC (database right), full text](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:31996L0009) | 15 year | EU | 2026-10-28 |
| [Directive (EU) 2016/943 (trade secrets)](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016L0943) | 6 year | EU | 2026-10-28 |
| [49 CFR 395.8: driver's record of duty status (ELD records)](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-49/subtitle-B/chapter-III/subchapter-B/part-395/subpart-B/section-395.8) | 6 month | US | 2026-10-08 |
| [49 CFR 395.22: motor carrier responsibilities (ELD records)](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-49/subtitle-B/chapter-III/subchapter-B/part-395/subpart-B/section-395.22) | 6 month | US | 2026-10-28 |
| [18 U.S.C. 1836: civil proceedings (limitation period)](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1836) | 3 year | US | 2026-10-08 |
| [Regulation (EU) 2023/2854 (Data Act), full text](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32023R2854) | 2 month | EU | 2026-10-28 |

## The sentence each figure was read from (7)

- [Copyright and Rights in Databases Regulations 1997, reg 17: duration](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/3032/regulation/17), read 2026-10-27: "17.—(1) Database right in a database expires at the end of the period of fifteen years from the end of the calendar year in which the making of the database was completed."
- [Directive 96/9/EC (database right), full text](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:31996L0009), read 2026-10-28: "It shall expire fifteen years from the first of January of the year following the date of completion."
- [Directive (EU) 2016/943 (trade secrets)](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016L0943), read 2026-10-28: "The duration of the limitation period shall not exceed 6 years."
- [49 CFR 395.8: driver's record of duty status (ELD records)](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-49/subtitle-B/chapter-III/subchapter-B/part-395/subpart-B/section-395.8), read 2026-10-08: "A motor carrier shall retain records of duty status and supporting documents required under this part for each of its drivers for a period of not less than 6 months from the date of receipt."
- [49 CFR 395.22: motor carrier responsibilities (ELD records)](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-49/subtitle-B/chapter-III/subchapter-B/part-395/subpart-B/section-395.22), read 2026-10-28: "(1) A motor carrier must retain for 6 months a back-up copy of the ELD records on a device separate from that on which the original data are stored."
- [18 U.S.C. 1836: civil proceedings (limitation period)](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1836), read 2026-10-08: "A civil action under subsection (b) may not be commenced later than 3 years after the date on which the"
- [Regulation (EU) 2023/2854 (Data Act), full text](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32023R2854), read 2026-10-28: "a maximum notice period for initiation of the switching process, which shall not exceed two months;"

## Read in full, publishes no figure

- [European Commission: the Data Act explained](https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/library/data-act-explained), read 2026-10-28: every candidate on the page was refused
- [European Commission: Data Act FAQs](https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/library/commission-publishes-frequently-asked-questions-about-data-act), read 2026-10-28: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act 2022](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2022/46/contents), read 2026-10-28: read in full and no accepted figure on the page

## Methodology

Each figure comes from a sentence on the source's own page, copied word for word on the date given and tied to a fingerprint of that page so the read can be checked later. Of 7 named sources we could open, 7 state a usable figure and 3 state none; those are listed as silent rather than estimated. 15 could not be opened at all and play no part. The median, range and quartiles use one figure per source in year, taking a source's own median where it gives several, so the count is of sources and not sentences. A reviewer rejected 49 candidate sentence(s), each with a written reason. Where this dataset is heading next (the figures above are still each source's own published number): one row per rule per jurisdiction: what the rule gives or protects (the user's access right and the data holder's licence under the EU Data Act, the Data Act switching off the sui generis database right for data from connected products, the 15-year database right, trade secret protection and its reasonable-steps test, copyright in compilations, personal data in readings tied to a person or vehicle, the electronic logging records a carrier keeps), who holds it (user, data holder, maker of the database, owner of the secret), and the period in years or the date it applies; the rights a seller must hold before licensing readings for training.

## Sources

- [Regulation (EU) 2023/2854 (Data Act), full text](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32023R2854) (publisher's terms apply; quoted for reporting)
- [Directive 96/9/EC (database right), full text](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:31996L0009) (publisher's terms apply; quoted for reporting)
- [European Commission: the Data Act explained](https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/library/data-act-explained) (publisher's terms apply; quoted for reporting)
- [Regulation (EU) 2023/2854 (Data Act)](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/2854/oj/eng) (publisher's terms apply; quoted for reporting)
- [European Commission: Data Act](https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/data-act) (publisher's terms apply; quoted for reporting)
- [European Commission: Data Act FAQs](https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/library/commission-publishes-frequently-asked-questions-about-data-act) (publisher's terms apply; quoted for reporting)
- [Directive 96/9/EC (database right)](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:31996L0009) (publisher's terms apply; quoted for reporting)
- [Directive (EU) 2016/943 (trade secrets)](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016L0943) (publisher's terms apply; quoted for reporting)
- [Data (Use and Access) Act 2025, Part 1 (customer and business data)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2025/18/part/1) (publisher's terms apply; quoted for reporting)
- [Data (Use and Access) Act 2025, contents](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2025/18/contents) (publisher's terms apply; quoted for reporting)
- [Trade Secrets (Enforcement, etc.) Regulations 2018, reg 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/597/regulation/2) (publisher's terms apply; quoted for reporting)
- [Trade Secrets (Enforcement, etc.) Regulations 2018, reg 3](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/597/regulation/3) (publisher's terms apply; quoted for reporting)
- [Copyright and Rights in Databases Regulations 1997, reg 17: duration](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/3032/regulation/17) (publisher's terms apply; quoted for reporting)
- [Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act 2022](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2022/46/contents) (publisher's terms apply; quoted for reporting)
- [ICO: what is personal data](https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/uk-gdpr-guidance-and-resources/personal-information-what-is-it/what-is-personal-data/what-is-personal-data/) (publisher's terms apply; quoted for reporting)
- [ICO: storage limitation](https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/uk-gdpr-guidance-and-resources/data-protection-principles/a-guide-to-the-data-protection-principles/storage-limitation/) (publisher's terms apply; quoted for reporting)
- [18 U.S.C. 1839: trade secret definitions](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1839) (publisher's terms apply; quoted for reporting)
- [18 U.S.C. 1836: civil proceedings (limitation period)](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1836) (publisher's terms apply; quoted for reporting)
- [17 U.S.C. 102: subject matter of copyright (facts excluded)](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/102) (publisher's terms apply; quoted for reporting)
- [17 U.S.C. 103: compilations](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/103) (publisher's terms apply; quoted for reporting)
- [49 CFR 395.8: driver's record of duty status (ELD records)](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-49/subtitle-B/chapter-III/subchapter-B/part-395/subpart-B/section-395.8) (publisher's terms apply; quoted for reporting)
- [49 CFR 395.22: motor carrier responsibilities (ELD records)](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-49/subtitle-B/chapter-III/subchapter-B/part-395/subpart-B/section-395.22) (publisher's terms apply; quoted for reporting)

## Cite or embed

- The Sensor Data Rights Law carries 4 published figures read from 4 sources' own pages, from 3 to 15 year, read 28 October 2026.
- Read in full on 28 October 2026: 7 of 7 named sources state a figure; 3 state none.
- Sensor Data Rights Law, jurisdiction US: median 3 year across 1 source, read 28 October 2026.
- Sensor Data Rights Law, jurisdiction US: median 6 month across 2 sources, read 28 October 2026.
- Sensor Data Rights Law, jurisdiction GB: median 15 year across 1 source, read 28 October 2026.
- Sensor Data Rights Law, jurisdiction EU: median 10.50 year across 2 sources, read 28 October 2026.
- Sensor Data Rights Law, jurisdiction EU: median 2 month across 1 source, read 28 October 2026.

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