Citizen identity and data
Digital Sovereignty
Digital identity is the citizen's ability to understand, contest, and control digital traces that affect their life.
What do we observe?
- Data about citizens is fragmented across platforms and institutions.
- People often cannot see the full evidence chain behind decisions.
- Digital traces can become more powerful than the person they describe.
What tension emerges?
Systems need data to function, but citizens need sovereignty, visibility, and meaningful control.
Alternative direction
Citizen-centred governance can treat the person as owner of their evidence log, relational map, access history, and right to export or challenge data.
Should citizens own and control their digital traces?
A public pulse check — not a scientific survey. The question is whether governance should evolve alongside AI.