Data haven

A data haven, like a corporate haven or tax haven, is a refuge for uninterrupted or unregulated data.[1][2][3] Data havens are locations with legal environments that are friendly to the concept of a computer network freely holding data and even protecting its content and associated information. They tend to fit into three categories: a physical locality with weak information-system enforcement and extradition laws, a physical locality with intentionally strong protections of data, and virtual domains designed to secure data via technical means (such as encryption) regardless of any legal environment.

Tor's onion space, I2P (both hidden services), HavenCo (centralized), and Freenet (decentralized) are four models of modern-day virtual data havens.

  1. ^ "The Switzerland of bits". The Economist. June 17, 2010. Archived from the original on February 2, 2018. Retrieved July 13, 2017.
  2. ^ "Gov Spying Boosts Swiss Data Center Revenues". Forbes. April 7, 2013. Archived from the original on February 5, 2017. Retrieved August 26, 2017.
  3. ^ "Iceland aims to become an offshore haven for journalists and leakers". Archived from the original on 2010-02-16. Retrieved 2010-12-30.