Data Sovereignty Measure

A Data Sovereignty Measure is a digital sovereignty that represents the principle that data are subject to the laws and governance of the nation where they are generated, emphasizing the control of data under the legal framework of the respective jurisdiction.

• Context:
  • It can (typically) involve Data Security measures to protect the integrity and privacy of data within a nation's borders.
  • It can (often) impact Cloud Computing practices by enforcing data localization requirements.
  • It can range from broad frameworks affecting many types of data to specific regulations targeting certain types of data.
  • It can include measures such as requiring companies to store and process data on local servers.
  • It can be a key component in international discussions about data flow and control.
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• Example(s):
  • a regulation requiring that all personal data of citizens be stored within the country, demonstrating data sovereignty by enforcing local data storage laws.
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• Counter-Example(s):
  • Network Sovereignty.
  • a multinational company storing and processing data in multiple countries without specific adherence to local data laws.
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• See: Self-Sovereign Identity, Data Security, Cloud Computing, Network Sovereignty, Technological Sovereignty, Policy, Bloomberg News.

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References

2024

• (Wikipedia, 2024) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_sovereignty Retrieved:2024-5-11.
  • Data sovereignty is the idea that data are subject to the laws and governance structures of the nation where they are collected. The concept of data sovereignty is closely linked with data security, cloud computing, network sovereignty, and technological sovereignty. Unlike technological sovereignty, which is vaguely defined and can be used as an umbrella term in policymaking, data sovereignty is specifically concerned with questions surrounding the data itself. Data sovereignty as the idea that data is subject to the laws and governance structures within one nation is usually discussed in one of two ways: in relation to Indigenous groups and Indigenous autonomy from post-colonial states, or in relation to transnational data flow. The latter case is dealt with extensively in a new anthology. With the rise of cloud computing, many countries have passed various laws around the control and storage of data, which all reflect measures of data sovereignty. More than 100 countries have some sort of data sovereignty laws in place. With self-sovereign identity (SSI), the individual identity holders can fully create and control their credentials, although a nation can still issue a digital identity in that paradigm.

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