HOIST IT - Enabling Data SovereigntyHOIST IT helps organisations take control of their data — secure, compliant, and on their own terms.https://hoist-it.nl/A Dutch data centre is not (per se) a sovereign onehttps://hoist-it.nl/blog/a-dutch-data-centre-is-not-sovereign/https://hoist-it.nl/blog/a-dutch-data-centre-is-not-sovereign/Vendors reassure mental-healthcare providers that patient records are safe and secure, stored according to NEN7510 and ISO27001 standards. We checked what that means across the EPD market, supplier by supplier. Location is not control.Mon, 29 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTrobin.everaars@hoist-it.nl (Robin Everaars)The layer you sign first and read lasthttps://hoist-it.nl/blog/the-fourth-layer-of-data-sovereignty/https://hoist-it.nl/blog/the-fourth-layer-of-data-sovereignty/You can own the hardware, the software and the data and still not control them. The fourth layer of data sovereignty is the contract, and it decides whether you can exercise the other three.Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTrobin.everaars@hoist-it.nl (Robin Everaars)What it really means to own your datahttps://hoist-it.nl/blog/what-is-data-sovereignty/https://hoist-it.nl/blog/what-is-data-sovereignty/You cannot hold legal title to data. But strip ownership to its core and three rights remain: to possess, use, and dispose. Those you can hold, and that is data sovereignty.Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTrobin.everaars@hoist-it.nl (Robin Everaars)