Topic
Data Sovereignty
30 published works
Truth on the Market
The EU’s Fair-Weather Cloud Partnership
The European Union (EU) is offering its allies a foothold in its cloud market—with little room to move. They could own a cloud business, provided EU citizens do the work…
Michael Geist Blog
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 279: My Keynote on Digital Sovereignty: Control, Choice, and Connection
The Law Bytes podcast returns after a brief hiatus in late summer and early fall by turning to the debate on data and digital sovereignty. Last week, I was pleased…
Turtle Talk
NIH to Host Consultations and a Listening Session on All of Us Program, NIH Tribal Data Sovereignty, and NIMHD Resource Center for Tribal Epidemiological Centers Initiative
From the Federal Register announcement: NIH All of Us Research Program Tribal Consultation On Monday, October 19, 2026, from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time, NIH will conduct a…
Turtle Talk
AI Governance Is a Tribal Sovereignty Project, Not Just an Employee Policy
Recent warnings that AI is advancing faster than government can control it have focused on threats to jobs, democracy, and even humanity. Whatever you might think of the most extreme…
ComplexDiscovery
Reveal’s new buyers report addresses the later of two clocks running on Relativity Server
By Rob Robinson
Editor’s Note: Two deadlines are bearing down on Relativity Server customers, and the one the industry keeps quoting is not the nearer. Jan. 1, 2028 restricts what may be created…
Michael Geist Blog
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 278: Ben Waldman on Gander Social and the Challenges of Building a Sovereign Social Network
Sovereignty, whether digital sovereignty, data sovereignty, or AI sovereignty, has been the hot-button issue in Canada for months. Governments have shifted policies in hopes of addressing the issue, the public…
ComplexDiscovery
Nine months across Europe’s tech-sovereignty arc, from Tallinn to London
By Rob Robinson
Editor’s Note: Sovereignty moved from rhetoric to operations across Europe this year, and the shift played out on conference stages from Tallinn to London. Over nine months, ComplexDiscovery tracked seven…
India Legal
Decolonising the Digital Age
By Pawan Kumar The digital revolution has transformed modern life in ways unimaginable just a generation ago. It has democratized access to information, connected billions across continents, accelerated innovation, and…
China Justice Observer
China Rejects EU Data Demands in First Case Countering Foreign Improper Jurisdiction
By Publisher
In the first enforcement action under its newly enacted anti-extraterritorial overreach statute, China’s Ministry of Justice (MOJ) issued the MOJ Announcement No.5 on May 15, 2026, declaring the European Union's…
Privacy World
V2.0 Certification of French Health Data Hosting Service Providers (HDS) now Fully Effective
By Stéphanie Faber, David Naylor
French law requires that where hosting services providers host certain types of health data, they must first obtain certification as “hébergeurs de données de santé” (“HDS”) which translates as “health…