Data haven

A data haven is a computer or a network that holds data protected by both technical means (encryption) and location in a country that has either no laws, or poorly-enforced laws against the most common uses of data havens and no extradition treaties.

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This term was coined by Bruce Sterling in his 1989 novel Islands in the Net. The "modern-day" segments of Neal Stephenson's 1999 novel Cryptonomicon concern a small group of entrepreneurs attempting to create a data haven.

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Data haven: Origin of the term ►

Computer: A computer is a device or for processing information from data according to a program — a compiled list of instructions. The information to be processed may represent numbers, text, pictures, or sound, amongst many other types....

Network: A wide variety of systems of interconnected components are called networks....

Data: Data is the plural of datum....

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~ Table of Content ~

►	Introduction
►	Origin of the term
►	Purposes of data havens
►	Two models
►	See also

~ Related Subjects ~

Cryptonomicon (1) - Neal Stephenson (1) - Islands in the Net (1) - System (1) - Datum (1) - Plural (1) - Interconnected (1) - Data (1) - Network (1) - Computer (1) - Encryption (1) - Bruce Sterling (1) - Extradition (1) - Laws (1) -

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