---
type: concept
title: Institutional Data Sovereignty
tags: [data-privacy, policy, compliance]
related: [forschungsdaten-managen]
created: 2026-06-30
updated: 2026-06-30
sources: ["output/rz_uni_greifswald_de_dienste_studium_lehre_forschungsdaten_managen_werkzeuge.md"]
---

# Institutional Data Sovereignty

**Institutional Data Sovereignty** is the principle that professional and official university data must be stored and processed exclusively on official university systems.

## Policy Enforcement
The URZ strictly prohibits the use of external cloud providers for professional data to comply with data processing guidelines. Specifically forbidden for professional use include:
- **Storage**: Dropbox, etc.
- **Writing/Collaboration**: Google Docs, external Overleaf instances, external Etherpads.

Users are directed to use internal alternatives such as [[nextcloud]], the [[zentrale-datenspeicherung]], and the university's hosted [[overleaf-server-uni-greifswald]].
