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The EU does not require data to be hosted locally, though.
by M2Ys4U 2y ago
The EU does not require data to be hosted locally, though.
- Teocali 2y agoAs far as I know, they do. That’s part of their consumer data protection act (didn’t remember the exact name). Do you have any source for that ? it would n’a quite helpful, honestly.
- com 2y agoThe EU GDPR has requirements for processing (including storage) of personal data (much larger scope than US PII, but still nowhere near all data) in jurisdictions with legal adequacy for data protection. It’s not quite data sovereignty like India’s regulations around payment transaction data but it does theoretically limit where you can store EU personal data. You can find the current GDPR adequacy list at the EU’s EDPB site. https://commission.europa.eu/law/law-topic/data-protection/international-dimension-data-protection/adequacy-decisions_en https://commission.europa.eu/law/law-topic/data-protection/i...
- cccbbbaaa 2y agoThe law you're thinking about is GDPR. It does allow to host data outside of the EU if the rights of the data subjects are not weakened. Source: GDPR articles 44, 45, and 46.