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Month: November 2025

Digital autonomy, made simple: Discover the Digital Sovereignty Package.

Posted on by Swasti Ramadhin

We’ve grown used to a digital world where we’re dependent on Big Tech. Where our personal and professional data is stored on external servers, managed by parties we know little about. As if it’s normal not to be the owner of our own information.

But that’s not how it should be.

At YourData Network, we believe that everyone should be the rightful owner of their digital life. Without having to rely on third parties. Because the moment you accept that dependency, you effectively give up your digital sovereignty.

That’s why we created the Digital Sovereignty Package: a complete, easy-to-use solution that helps you reclaim a significant part of your digital autonomy in one simple step.

What’s included in the package?

  • An OwnPhone: a privacy-first smartphone that keeps your data on your device, without hidden data streams to Big Tech.
  • Your personal Nextcloud environment with 200 GB, 400 GB or 1 TB of storage, fully operational on the decentralised internet. The app comes pre-installed on the OwnPhone, so you can start using it right away.
  • Five months of free cloud storage
  • Free installation and instant activation: your environment is preconfigured, and you’ll receive your login details immediately. All you have to do is log in.

What makes the OwnPhone so unique?

The OwnPhone is not just another smartphone. It’s built around one simple principle: you decide what happens with your data. The OwnPhone:

  • Runs on an open, transparent operating system (YourOS)
  • Contains no hidden trackers or unwanted pre-installed apps
  • Lets you use privacy-friendly tools like Nextcloud, available out of the box
  • Feels familiar and intuitive in daily use

You use the OwnPhone just like any other smartphone, but without your data leaking to unknown servers. Everything stays under your control.

Your cloud environment, but truly yours

At the heart of this package is your personal Nextcloud environment. It enables you to manage files, calendars, contacts, notes, shared folders, and more. But what makes it truly different is where it runs: not on a traditional commercial server, but on the decentralised ThreeFold Internet.

Why does that matter?

  • Your data is distributed, secure, and encrypted outside the reach of Big Tech.
  • No central party has access to your files.
  • You decide who gets access and no one else.
  • You use familiar, powerful tools (like Nextcloud), but on a fully independent infrastructure.

This isn’t a symbolic alternative. It’s already working in over 50 countries, powered by thousands of active nodes, with vast storage capacity and diverse workloads running seamlessly on the network.

And with this package, you get access to that technology without complexity, without technical barriers.

Our vision: technology that empowers your freedom

YourData Network was founded on a simple but powerful belief: technology should serve people not shareholders, ad networks, or opaque data systems.

With the Digital Sovereignty Package, we make it possible to choose real digital autonomy today. Not as a future ideal, but as a working, ready-to-use alternative for anyone who values privacy and control.

Ready to reclaim ownership of your digital life?

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Help us tell the story of how to reclaim digital independence

Posted on by Ed

Together with a growing network of partners and our community, Your Data Network is preparing a feature documentary that shows how to reclaim digital independence. We spotlight the founders and builders behind fantastic, real-world, privacy-first alternatives that people and organizations can use today to take back control of their data and digital lives. A crowdfunding campaign will launch soon on Kickstarter. Join the launch list now to be notified the moment it goes live.

Why

Over the past years, a few Big Tech platforms have become the rails of daily life. They can see what you read, watch and listen to and link it to your identity. You don’t see what’s collected or how it’s shared. Access can be removed, accounts locked, payments blocked. Policy shifts can reshape your choices overnight, and central points of failure can take entire organizations offline.

At the same time, concern about digital sovereignty is rising amid geopolitical shifts. In a separate track, new legislation around digital identity and programmable money is advancing, raising valid questions about profiling, gated access, and the ability to freeze transactions. That’s why this film points to something practical: you can regain digital independence today. Over recent years, robust open-source, privacy-first alternatives have matured with familiar ease-of-use, they’re just not widely known yet.

What the film will cover

  • Founders and builders who created these technologies because the status quo no longer worked
  • Real-world use by people and organizations already running on this stack
  • Clear explanations of how it works without jargon
  • Why this can scale so it does not remain a niche

Who is involved

The documentary is initiated by YourData Network with Leadervids attached as production partner. We are in conversation with multiple organizations including Volla and ThreeFold to feature their stories in the film. Soon, more names of other organizations will be announced.

Timeline

  • Pre-launch: now through 30 November 2025 — collect interest and notify on launch
  • Crowdfunding: 1–20 December 2025 — back the project and choose rewards
    Updates will be published on Kickstarter and via email.

Accessibility

The film will launch with EN / NL / DE plus full captions. If we reach the funding goal we intend to add more languages.

Kickstarter: more than a donation

Kickstarter is a platform where you back a project with a pledge. If we reach our goal your card is charged at the end of the campaign and you receive the reward you chose. If we do not reach the goal you are not charged.

Example rewards you can pick

  • Early streaming access to The Digital Age and Reclaiming Digital Independence
  • Online premiere ticket with live Q&A plus replay
  • HD downloads of both films, DRM-free
  • Interviews Vault access with long-form conversation
  • Your name in the end credits
  • In-person premiere ticket in the Netherlands (date TBA)
  • Community screening license for non-profits (up to 200 attendees)
  • Company credit options: name in end titles, shared logo card, or solo logo card

Go to Kickstarter to stay updated

Visit our Kickstarter pre-launch page:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/yourdata/reclaiming-digital-independence

Click “Notify me on launch” on Kickstarter to boost day-one momentum

Subcribe for email updates

Or you can sign up here for email updates and receive campaign news, screening dates, and rewards

Press & partners: For sponsor packs or media inquiries contact YourData Network via hello@yourdata.network or the form on our site.

“People are rightly concerned about where things are heading — always-on tracking, AI-driven profiling, recurring data breaches, and lock-in to a few platforms — yet most haven’t seen the alternatives. With this documentary we simply show what already works today: open-source, privacy-first technology you can use in daily life, whether you’re an individual or a company. By supporting and sharing this project, you help more people discover these options and give the movement a powerful boost.”
Robert-Jan Lamers, founder, YourData Network

YourData Network on Dutch National Television: The internet of the future, now on screen

Posted on by Swasti Ramadhin

Last weekend, YourData Network featured in the national Dutch TV programme Bouwen aan de Toekomst (Building the Future) on SBS6. In this segment, founder Robert Jan Lamers explains why the centralised internet no longer works and how a decentralised alternative offers a practical, future-proof solution.

You can now watch the full segment below.

What you’ll discover

• How your personal data became a business model and why that’s a problem
• Why digital ownership is essential for privacy, resilience and sustainability
• How the decentralised internet works: a global network of thousands of user-owned nodes
• Why decentralisation reduces energy consumption and increases autonomy
• Who this is for: not just tech experts, but also businesses, schools, governments and everyday users

Why it matters

In just a few minutes, this broadcast gives a clear and hopeful answer to the question: what could the internet look like if it truly served people again?

Because digital freedom starts with ownership and that future is already here.

Watch the broadcast below and get inspired.

About the programme

Bouwen aan de Toekomst focuses on creating a better world for future generations. The show explores innovative projects and inspiring stories that contribute to a sustainable and future-proof society.

Themes include sustainable construction, digitalisation, long-term employability, workforce challenges and education innovation. The aim is to inform and inspire viewers — both consumers and businesses — to play an active role in shaping a better future.