Public officials on data ownership

“In Germany, the ministry of transport and digitalization defines the ownership of data created by automobiles as follows:

The right of disposal shall be allocated to the data supplier. In principle this means: Data and the attributed rights belong to persons—in the case of vehicle data, to the registered keeper respectively owner of the car.”

Source: Ritter J. and Mayer A. Regulating data as property: a new construct for moving forward. Duke Law & Technology Review. 2018. No 16. P. 220–277.