Data Paradise

A data paradise is a computer or network that keeps data protected from government action by two means: technicians (encryption) and location in secure zones. This zone may be either a country that has no laws or misapplied laws restricting the use of data and has no extradition treaties (centralized or territorial model); or the same servers and computers of related individuals in anonymous P2P networks (decentralized or de-territorial model). HavenCo and Freenet are examples of the two models of computer havens.

Computer Purposes

Reasons for setting up data refuges include access to free expression policy for users in countries where Internet censorship is practiced.

Other reasons may include:

While some proponents of data havens have stated that they should not be used to facilitate spam, terrorism or child pornography, others are looking for data havens for this purpose. There are several arguments on the subject. Origin of the expression

This term was coined by Bruce Sterling in his 1988 novel Islands on the Net. The "modern times" segments of Neal Stephenson's 1999 Cryptomomicon novel relate to a small group of entrepreneurs trying to create a data paradise.

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