What if moving your data to another company were as easy as taking your phone number to a new carrier? Data portability means being able to take data held by one company and send it elsewhere. section 4.7.1
In the EU, Article 20 of the GDPR gives people a right to port their data out of a company. The Digital Markets Act extends the idea toward real-time transfers from major digital platforms to a third party through an API—a connection that could let data flow continuously after a few clicks. section 4.7.1
Portability is also about choice: you may want another service to receive your data without giving every company unrestricted access to it. Pay attention to what you can move, where it can go, and whether sharing continues after the move. section 4.7.1
