Data Sovereignty

Q: How does data sovereignty differ from data residency?

Data residency is about physical location. Data sovereignty is about legal jurisdiction. Data can be resident in a country without being sovereign to its laws (e.g., diplomatic data), though in practice the two are closely linked.

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Data sovereignty is the principle that data is subject to the legal jurisdiction of the country in which it is physically located. This goes beyond data residency: it's not just about where data is stored, but which laws apply to that data. Data sovereignty requirements can conflict across…