ABSTRACT
Self-sovereignty is a curious, but crucial, concept. Sovereignty alone often signifies the assertion of control and jurisdiction by the state. The sovereign is the one who decides, holding the power of the captain of the ship in Plato’s metaphor. Compounded with data, the conception of data sovereignty opens up the digital information frontier for conquer. The fight is still about who has and who can exercise control. Nation states remains to be the prime player, asserting long-arm jurisdiction over cross-border data flows. Meanwhile, there is growing awareness for individuals to retain meaningful control over their personal data, leading to a turn to the concept of self-sovereignty in the digital age …
Cheung, Anne SY, From Data Subjects to Data Sovereigns: Addressing the Limits of Data Privacy in the Digital Era (February 1, 2022) in Digital Sovereignty (Anupam Chander and Haochen eds, Oxford University Press, Forthcoming Spring 2023); University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law Research Paper No 2022/50.
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