Sensatives Yggio on European technology lists
Cloud (Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data) was adopted in 2018 and gives US authorities the power to request data stored outside the US by service providers subject to US jurisdiction. The aim is to facilitate law enforcement, but the law can come into conflict with EU GDPR legislation. The new law, coupled with the global turbulence of recent years, has caused more and more people to think about countries' independence and the possibility of self-sufficiency. This is especially true in the digital field, and in Europe there is a growing interest in European technology platforms and solutions as alternatives to the American ones. It has led to a growing movement and collection of European technology platforms that count as local alternatives to the global ones. By, for example, EU Tech Map highlighting European options that respect data sovereignty, GDPR compliance and EU values.
The list includes more than a thousand registered European technology solutions to help organisations choose EU-built infrastructure for, among other things, the digitisation of cities, buildings, energy and water systems and public transport. Critical infrastructure in the society must function regardless of what happens in world politics.
- If the platform is under a other jurisdiction than the European, someone else in practice is ultimately in control of the data, updates and, in the worst case, over the operation. It is a risk that many did not reflect on ten years ago, but today it is difficult to turn a blind eye to it, says Mats Pettersson at Sensative.
Through the list, it has been shown, among other things, that there are many European options in the categories in which the United States has dominated. It has also become clear that many previously did not know about the European options.
Sensative joined last fall EuroStack which is an initiative where hundreds of European software companies come together to be heard where otherwise most American companies are heard. Sensative and their platform Yggio are also featured on Choose European.
Sensative began to build their IoT Platform Yggio in 2015. Subsequently, Sensative has participated in several projects jointly with Future by Lund where the platform is used.
- We have always had a clear starting point: whoever owns the infrastructure should also own control over it, continues Mats Pettersson. Yggio can be operated in the city's own data centers, in the city's companies or in European environments. No external actor can access the data without the decision of the customer, no foreign power can shut down the platform, and no one can throttle access to updates for political reasons.
In recent years, 100 European cities, real estate companies, energy, water and transport operators have chosen Yggio as the central data platform for their digitisation.
- We see it as a robust, safe and independent solution, says Mats Pettersson. It is also about Europe being able to stand on its own two feet when it comes to critical digital infrastructure, which is a prerequisite for long-term stability.
Sensative is one of the member companies in Future by Lund.
More about Yggio
Yggio is designed to meet EU regulatory requirements (including GDPR and emerging data governance standards) and is typically built and operated in Europe to ensure 100% EU data sovereignty, avoiding reliance on non-EU jurisdictions that could compromise compliance.