Massive data is everywhere. They are increasingly identified and collected for strategic purposes for companies or to measure risks for governments. The exploitation of massive data is bringing about significant changes in our societies. We are now at the beginning of a real industrial revolution. With new opportunities, new challenges and risks also emerge. Massive data have legal, political, moral and economic citizenship. This report highlights that the territoriality of data is an important issue at the beginning of the 21st century.

This report is an inventory of the situation at the beginning of 2014. It is not intended to be exhaustive and cannot be. Technological advances are moving so fast that we will have to continue to contemplate the ongoing revolution. The bibliographical references selected are those that could be grouped under the themes chosen in this report. This is a brand new literature that is still in its infancy and the future is undoubtedly promising. Massive data is a radical process innovation.