Data sovereignty has become a big topic recently and it’s all about getting control of the data you generate, including where it can be stored, who can access it, and how it can be used.

In a recent members’ call, we heard from Mathias Bolt Lesniak, Oslo-based Project Ambassador at open source CMS TYPO3, who zoomed out from the current hype and talked about what digital sovereignty really means — the ability to act independently on all digital matters without undue influence from third parties.

What can we do as businesses and organisations and even as individuals to achieve digital sovereignty, and how big is this problem really?