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You think you host your PI data in the EU, but in fact it is sitting on US soil.
by faeyanpiraat 5y ago
You think you host your PI data in the EU, but in fact it is sitting on US soil.
- jhugo 5y agoIf you are hosting your PI data in Switzerland and you think you are hosting it in the EU, you already have a problem.
- erk__ 5y agoAs I understand it it is actually not a issue as they have strong enough privacy laws that EU have said good for it. Though when doing business with EU citizens they of course still have to follow the rest of gdpr. https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/law-topic/data-protection/international-dimension-data-protection/adequacy-decisions_en https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/law-topic/data-protection/inte...
- moksly 5y agoIt depends on the kind of data stored. Things critical to your national security or citizen data usually needs to be stored within EUs borders.
- cbg0 5y agoUnless I'm mistaken, you should be able to host the data inside the EEA (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Economic_Area https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Economic_Area). While Switzerland is not a member, they do have special agreements for trade reasons so it might be okay to store data there.