Who really controls your data? You — or the country where your cloud provider is headquartered?
That’s the question at the center of data sovereignty and data residency — two terms often confused, but with very different consequences.
🗺️ Data Residency → The location of your data. Where the server physically sits. ⚖️ Data Sovereignty → The legal power over that data. Which country’s laws apply.
You can meet every residency requirement — store your data inside specific borders — and still lose control through sovereignty laws that extend across them.
This confusion isn’t just technical. It’s legal, financial, and strategic. A mistake here can mean international lawsuits, compliance failures, or even being locked out of key markets.
The path forward is jurisdiction-aware architecture — a data strategy that respects geography, law, and control equally.
How is your organization handling cross-border data compliance? Share your thoughts 👇
StoneFly, Inc.
Who really controls your data?
You — or the country where your cloud provider is headquartered?
That’s the question at the center of data sovereignty and data residency — two terms often confused, but with very different consequences.
🗺️ Data Residency → The location of your data. Where the server physically sits.
⚖️ Data Sovereignty → The legal power over that data. Which country’s laws apply.
You can meet every residency requirement — store your data inside specific borders — and still lose control through sovereignty laws that extend across them.
This confusion isn’t just technical. It’s legal, financial, and strategic.
A mistake here can mean international lawsuits, compliance failures, or even being locked out of key markets.
The path forward is jurisdiction-aware architecture — a data strategy that respects geography, law, and control equally.
How is your organization handling cross-border data compliance?
Share your thoughts 👇
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