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Vol. I · No. 251
Mon · 8 Jun
A Daily Lexicon of Trustworthy Data
The Lexicon

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data sovereignty

/ˈdeɪtə ˈsɒvrɪnti/ - n.

1 [colloq.] A principle observed everywhere except the vendor's support tier, which is global and reads everything.Keep. Punchy.This is the problem.

Working definition

2. The principle that data is subject to the laws of the nation in which it is collected or stored.

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See also
  • cross-border transferA transfer mechanism on file, and a logging endpoint in a region nobody filed.
  • data residencyA map showing where the data lives, drawn before anyone asked the CDN where it caches.
  • subprocessorA name on page nine of a list nobody re-reads, who in turn keeps a list of their own that you will never see.
  • third-party data sharingA defined legal basis covering the vendor, the vendor's vendor, and the analytics tag nobody put in the contract.