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Data Privacy: Isolated Geographic Hosting

With the increased focus on data privacy and security worldwide, many countries now regulate the use and protection of personal data through federal and state laws.

Brian Holyfield · 2 min read
Data Privacy: Isolated Geographic Hosting

With the increased focus on data privacy and security worldwide, many countries now regulate the use and protection of personal data through federal and state laws. A number of these laws and regulations require careful consideration of data sovereignty, or where in the world data is transferred, stored and processed.

SendSafely has a number of isolated geographic hosting options available to Enterprise customers to support compliance with applicable data protection laws and regulations.

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Data Center Isolation

SendSafely is a cloud platform hosted in Amazon AWS data centers. The global footprint of AWS allows us to provide top system performance and availability regardless of user location as well as support for data center isolation within a specific geographic region. SendSafely has full tech stacks available in the following geographic areas:

Enterprise Customers can elect to have their entire SendSafely instance and infrastructure isolated to one of the above geographic locations (including DR and backup instances).

File Storage Isolation

SendSafely utilizes Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) for the storage of all end-to-end encrypted files and messages transferred using our service. Enterprise Customers can elect to use an Amazon S3 bucket for encrypted file storage in any Amazon data center location worldwide. Customers can also utilize their own S3 bucket for file storage. Please note that with this option, SendSafely infrastructure remains hosted in one of the Data Centers listed above.

Isolated geographic hosting is a premium feature available with the SendSafely Enterprise license. For more information on how SendSafely can help you comply with local data privacy laws and regulations, please contact us.


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Frequently asked questions

Where can SendSafely host my data?

SendSafely is hosted on AWS, with regional hosting in the United States, the European Union and Australia. The SendSafely FAQ lists the current regions: Virginia and Oregon (US), Ireland or Frankfurt (EU), and Sydney (Australia).

Can my entire SendSafely instance be isolated to one region?

Yes. When SendSafely introduced isolated geographic hosting in 2020, Enterprise customers could have their entire SendSafely instance and infrastructure, including DR and backup instances, isolated to one of SendSafely’s geographic locations.

Can I use my own Amazon S3 bucket with SendSafely?

Yes. Customers can use their own S3 bucket for encrypted file storage in the region of their choice; the FAQ lists this for Business and Enterprise plans. With this option, SendSafely’s application infrastructure stays in one of its standard data center regions.

How does SendSafely store files?

SendSafely stores end-to-end encrypted files and messages in Amazon S3. Files are encrypted before upload, so the stored data is ciphertext. See how SendSafely works.

Why does geographic hosting matter for data privacy?

Many data protection laws require attention to data sovereignty, meaning where data is transferred, stored and processed. Isolating hosting and storage to a specific region helps organizations meet those requirements.

Written by Brian Holyfield