Towards a Platform for Mastering Personal Sovereignty

2026-09-23

AI Summary

This study addresses the erosion of individual control, platform data monopolies, and fragmented interactions in digital life by proposing MyVirtualME, a human-centric trusted virtual platform. Transcending a purely data-driven perspective, this work integrates trusted computing, intelligent assistants, and privacy-preserving technologies to construct an automated service integration architecture that manages data and services on behalf of users. Its core contribution lies in reshaping digital trust mechanisms to restore digital sovereignty. By mitigating digital bureaucracy through interaction automation, the platform significantly enhances transparency in health and financial oversight. Ultimately, this research establishes a novel paradigm for next-generation trusted digital ecosystems.

Abstract

The ongoing digital transformation of work, administration, health, mobility, and social interaction is profoundly reshaping everyday life, steadily shifting control from individuals to large platform providers. Although data is often labeled the "gold of the 21st century", its real value is realized through services that access, combine, and exploit it. Today, individuals have little sovereignty: life events (e.g., changing an address, insurance, job, or marital status) require fragmented, repetitive interactions across numerous systems, leaving users overwhelmed rather than empowered. We argue for a fundamental rethinking of this situation and propose a virtual, trustworthy platform, called "MyVirtualME" that acts on behalf of the human individual towards companies, administrations, and other actors. This platform centers services, data, permissions, and data usage around humans, not foreign actors, allowing genuine control and transparency. Our vision goes beyond a pure data focus: supported by trusted services ranging from basic notifications to intelligent assistants, MyVirtualME aims to reduce digital bureaucracy, improve and even automate interactions, and support informed oversight of an individual's health, financial, and administrative situation. We firmly believe that a human-centered MyVirtualME is essential for restoring personal sovereignty in our digital future.

Problem

• personal sovereignty
• digital transformation
• data control
• digital bureaucracy
• platform dependency

Innovation

• Personal Sovereignty
• Human-Centered Platform
• MyVirtualME
• Intelligent Assistants
• Digital Proxy