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eu-west-1 is hosted in Dublin.

• kyrra 13y ago
  My understand is that since Amazon is a US-based company, they could be forced, by the US government, to turn over data that is hosted in other countries. So using an Amazon cloud, even if its based in the EU, is still not possible. EDIT: well, I guess I'm sorta wrong. The whole thing looks complicated. Making sure you don't violate German data protection laws is confusing [0][1]. [0] http://www.thomashelbing.com/en/analysis-data-protection-authority-use-non-eu-cloud-might-violate-german-data-protection-law http://www.thomashelbing.com/en/analysis-data-protection-aut... [1] http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/cloud-vision/2012/04/cloud-computing-and-eu-data-protection-law-part-two/index.htm http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/cloud-vision/2012/04/cloud-...
  • toyg 13y ago
    You are not wrong: Amazon now agrees not to move data from EU servers... unless compelled by authorities. US authorities can force Amazon to open their data centres wide open, regardless of location, at any time under Patriot Act provisions. Before Snowden, this was considered a far-fetched scenario, unlikely to ever pan out in practice. We now know that it happens pretty much every day. The Safe Harbour program is a weak attempt at saving face: as long as the Patriot Act exists, no US-based company will ever be able to comply with EU privacy laws as they stand. Being "compliant with Safe Harbour provisions" only means that they're making promises they won't be able to keep.
• toomuchtodo 13y ago
  The company, directors, ands staff must reside outside of US jurisdiction, not just the equipment.