Digital Sovereignty

Data sovereignty basically provides for protection of an individual’s personal data, in digital form on cloud, from any misuse.

• It strictly demands that an individual’s data which is stored in cloud binary digital form must be kept within the country in which that particular individual resides and must be subjected to laws of that country.

Judicial Interpretation

• In S.R. Bommai v. Union of India, the Supreme Court reiterated that the people are the ultimate sovereign in India and all power belongs primarily to the people.
• The Puttaswamy judgement held that the citizens have a fundamental right to privacy and are the ....