As I have understood it from a lawyer: US laws require a company to hand over the data wherever the data is located. EU, Japan, whatever. You are a US company,

As I have understood it from a lawyer: US laws require a company to hand over the data wherever the data is located. EU, Japan, whatever. You are a US company, so hand it over. EU law states: EU data shall not leave the EU. Those two bite each other, and the result is that a company can _never_ bow to both laws. So, if EU data must be kept in the EU, choose a (hosting) company with no ties to the US. Vice versa is no problem, the EU law _does_ respect data locality. It is the reason why we had to move away from Hetzner, when they opened a US office/branch. (https://docs.hetzner.com/general/general-terms-and-conditions/data-privacy-faq/#information-about-data-protection-and-our-new-ashburn-location https://docs.hetzner.com/general/general-terms-and-condition... If you require a web hosting company that has absolutely no connections to the USA, then unfortunately, we may no longer be the best choice for you)