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Why is "data stored in the EU" a selling point? I've seen tons of similar analytics products pop up in the last year and have avoided them all for having out-o
by drusepth 5y ago
Why is "data stored in the EU" a selling point?
I've seen tons of similar analytics products pop up in the last year and have avoided them all for having out-of-country data storage (and usually less functionality, etc). With how volatile data-related laws have been in the EU the past few years, IMO it feels risky to try to store anything there, let alone view it as a feature!
- halfdan 5y agoI'm not sure how you get to that conclusion. Data privacy laws are among the strongest in the world here. It is a selling point because of that, but also because there are laws against sending user data to non-EU countries.
- charcircuit 5y ago>Data privacy laws are among the strongest in the world here The fear is that you would now have to adhere to those "strongest laws" by hosting your data there.
- nicbou 5y agoHow is that a bad thing?
- charcircuit 5y agoLess risk is good for businesses
- dbbk 5y agoYou have way more risk storing your data in a potentially un-private way in the US.
- ranguna 5y agoIt feels risky to have my data stored anywhere else other than the EU. Feels like my data is just up for grabs anywhere else with no clear privacy protection. Imo EU is the best place to have your data.
- sakjur 5y agoI think you're putting your finger on why it is a selling point. You're avoiding them because they're out of country, and that makes sense. For Europeans, the default has been "US hosted data" for a long while, and having options that store data in our jurisdiction is thus a selling point. Fewer jurisdictions is almost certainly going to be easier, and these options offer that for the European market.
- drusepth 5y agoThanks for the explanation. HN is so notoriously US-centric at times that it didn't occur to me that these services offer the same perks from the other side of the pond.