# 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](https://docs.dataswyft.com/learn/personal-data-account/permissions), authorisations and contracts between the Server owner and applications for the use of the [namespace](https://docs.dataswyft.com/learn/personal-data-account/namespaces)(s).

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