The issue of data ownership is prominent in discussions of property rights, especially in the future of the digital and the data-driven economy. Without sufficient understanding of the concept of ownership, there is a risk of misunderstanding conclusions in identifying ownership of data. In addition, the legal complexities of data rights, the need to promote a culture of data protection on the one hand, and the free flow of information, access, sharing and use of data on the other hand, affect the ownership of data. In the digital age, data ownership is an ambiguous concept that has made it challenging even for experts to correctly define it. A challenge that seems to be impossible or very difficult to answer explicitly yes or no. The solution is to understand the concept of ownership and its relationship to data. Therefore, this paper discusses analytically the concept of ownership and data ownership from the perspective of classical property rights, intellectual property and property rights in the economic area. The result of this study shows that, given the position that property rights has in the legal system, it can be used as a legal solution to protect data. This means, ownership with its own characteristics.