AsiaRegistration
China
National trial operating · 11 September 2026
A national data-property registration service aggregates results from authorised registration institutions. Certificates support evidence of rights; no dedicated foundation is required.
Distinction: Evidentiary registration under administrative guidelines should not be equated with the Manx Bill’s constitutive mechanism.
Original / official source ↗AsiaProtection
South Korea
Enacted framework · Act of 19 October 2021; amended text
Article 12 expressly protects economically valuable data assets produced through substantial investment. The framework also addresses valuation and quality certification.
Distinction: Protection against unfair appropriation, rather than a foundation-based title register.
Original / official source ↗AsiaProtection
Japan
Enacted framework · Official bilingual Act
Qualifying shared data with limited access is protected against specified wrongful acquisition, disclosure and use.
Distinction: Conduct-based protection, with no general data-title registration requirement.
Original / official source ↗AsiaRegistration
Vietnam
Data Law and exchange rules · Law effective 1 July 2025
The Data Law governs digital data and data products and services. Exchange rules took effect on 25 September 2026.
Distinction: An enacted market framework does not establish that every envisaged registration service is accepting applicants.
Original / official source ↗EuropeStewardship
European Union
Applicable DGA; live registers · Applies from 24 September 2023
Regulated intermediaries and recognised data-altruism organisations support trusted sharing across a common legal framework.
Distinction: Registers organisations and their roles, rather than ownership of each dataset.
Original / official source ↗EuropeStewardship
Belgium · Flanders
Statutory data utility · Decree of 2 December 2022
Athumi combines a statutory institutional vehicle with a listed data-intermediary role.
Distinction: Trusted facilitation infrastructure, rather than constitutive title to a data asset.
Original / official source ↗EuropeStewardship
Finland
Controlled secondary use · Act 552/2019
Findata provides a statutory route for permitted secondary use of health and social data.
Distinction: Authorised access within defined purposes does not transfer ownership of underlying health information.
Original / official source ↗EuropeProtection
England, Wales & Northern Ireland
Digital-property Act in force · 2 December 2025
The Act removes the obstacle that a thing cannot be property merely because it is neither a thing in possession nor a thing in action.
Distinction: It does not declare every dataset property or establish a data-asset register. It does not extend to Scotland.
Original / official source ↗OceaniaStewardship
Australia
Accreditation and sharing · DATA Scheme · Act 2022
Accredited users and service providers participate in controlled sharing of government data.
Distinction: A participant register and lawful access framework, rather than ownership by dataset registration.
Original / official source ↗AsiaStewardship
India
Account Aggregators operating · Directions 2016; launch 2021
Regulated intermediaries facilitate consent-based transfers of financial information.
Distinction: The customer’s data is not transformed into an asset owned by the intermediary.
Original / official source ↗AmericasProposal
United States · Colorado
Filed initiative; not established law · 2025–2026 Initiative 266
A reviewed proposal describes a Master Deed register for residents’ data rights and proposed royalties or dividends.
Distinction: A filed proposal is not enactment, ballot qualification, operational registration or an entitlement to payments.
Original / official source ↗AmericasProtection
United States · Florida
Narrow genetic-data rule · Florida Statutes §760.40
Specific property language applies to a person’s DNA sample and DNA-analysis results, subject to the statutory conditions.
Distinction: Individual genetic-information control is distinct from a commercial dataset-title register.
Original / official source ↗AsiaStewardship
Singapore
Framework and infrastructure · IMDA trusted-sharing resources
Trusted Data Sharing Framework resources and SGTraDex address practical confidence and exchange.
Distinction: An exchange or contractual framework is not itself a property-title registry.
Original / official source ↗Middle EastProtection
Bahrain
Cloud jurisdiction framework · Legislative Decree 56/2018
Law addresses cloud-computing services provided to foreign parties, with implementing arrangements.
Distinction: Jurisdictional hosting protections differ from registered ownership of data.
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