# Personal Data Accounts

The personal Data Account (PDA) is the service of storing, accessing and using self-sovereign data within the database of a Decentralized Data Server (DDS) provisioned by Dataswyft when instructed by an application; and the set-up of necessary [permissions](/learn/personal-data-account/permissions.md), authorisations and contracts between the Server owner and applications for the use of the [namespace](/learn/personal-data-account/namespaces.md)(s).

For more information on PDAs, please refer to the section on [personal Data Account](/learn/personal-data-account.md).


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