TY - GEN
T1 - A more inclusive Europe through personal data sovereignty in cross-border digital public services
AU - Da Silva Carvalho, Nathan
AU - Jabbarpour, Jasmin
AU - Temple, Lucy
AU - Belacort, Idoia Murua
AU - Barturen, Urtza Iturraspe
AU - Kortlander, Max
AU - Sanchez Pelaez, Valentin
AU - Areizaga Sanchez, Enrique
AU - Mureddu, Francesco
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 Owner/Author.
PY - 2023/9/26
Y1 - 2023/9/26
N2 - Cross-border services require EU Member states to share data and the uptake of these services entails users to share their data safely and securely. In addition to being technically assured and having cross-border digital services that are safely designed, people should also know what is done with their personal data, have the possibility to disable permissions, and have only the minimal data requested necessary for a specific use, and last but not least, their data should only be used as originally intended. In other words, cross-border services must deliver data sovereignty to motivate EU citizens to use cross-border digital public services often. However, the EU needs to overcome many challenges, especially when it comes to technical interoperability between member states to reach the desired state of data sovereignty in cross-border services. The following research presents a technical approach to personal data in the context of cross-border services. This approach uses principles of decentralisation and data minimisation by design, as well as processes for data consent management, all of which aim to position people with greater agency and control over their own personal data and digital identity. This research presents a personal data governance framework, which is a minimum viable prototype for allowing users to achieve data sovereignty in cross-border services. To achieve this, an analysis of existing reference technologies was conducted alongside a study of the European context. Moreover, workshops in three European Union EU countries took place with relevant stakeholders as well as user interviews and finally, usability tests on the prototype were organised. The research provides insights into the potential of a data governance framework for enhancing the quality of cross-border digital services and informs the development of practical and effective data governance policies and practices for cross-border digital public services in the EU.
AB - Cross-border services require EU Member states to share data and the uptake of these services entails users to share their data safely and securely. In addition to being technically assured and having cross-border digital services that are safely designed, people should also know what is done with their personal data, have the possibility to disable permissions, and have only the minimal data requested necessary for a specific use, and last but not least, their data should only be used as originally intended. In other words, cross-border services must deliver data sovereignty to motivate EU citizens to use cross-border digital public services often. However, the EU needs to overcome many challenges, especially when it comes to technical interoperability between member states to reach the desired state of data sovereignty in cross-border services. The following research presents a technical approach to personal data in the context of cross-border services. This approach uses principles of decentralisation and data minimisation by design, as well as processes for data consent management, all of which aim to position people with greater agency and control over their own personal data and digital identity. This research presents a personal data governance framework, which is a minimum viable prototype for allowing users to achieve data sovereignty in cross-border services. To achieve this, an analysis of existing reference technologies was conducted alongside a study of the European context. Moreover, workshops in three European Union EU countries took place with relevant stakeholders as well as user interviews and finally, usability tests on the prototype were organised. The research provides insights into the potential of a data governance framework for enhancing the quality of cross-border digital services and informs the development of practical and effective data governance policies and practices for cross-border digital public services in the EU.
KW - cross-border services
KW - Data sovereignty
KW - personal data
KW - personal data governance framework
KW - private by design
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85180130729
U2 - 10.1145/3614321.3614329
DO - 10.1145/3614321.3614329
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85180130729
T3 - ACM International Conference Proceeding Series
SP - 63
EP - 71
BT - Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance, ICEGOV 2023
A2 - Getschko, Demi
A2 - Lindgren, Ida
A2 - Yildiz, Mete
PB - Association for Computing Machinery
T2 - 16th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance, ICEGOV 2023
Y2 - 26 September 2023 through 29 September 2023
ER -