EU Data Hosting
Servers physically located in the EU — important for GDPR-sensitive customers and avoiding US transfer risk.
EU data hosting means the servers that store your data are physically located in EU data centers. For US companies with EU customers (or EU companies generally), this avoids the legal complexity of cross-border data transfers under GDPR Chapter V.
After the Schrems II ruling (2020), data transfers from the EU to the US are only lawful under strict conditions — Standard Contractual Clauses plus supplementary technical measures. Many EU regulators have warned against US-only analytics tools like classic Google Analytics without additional safeguards. The EU-US Data Privacy Framework (2023) offers a renewed legal basis, but is already being challenged.
promolinks.net offers EU data residency (Frankfurt) for GDPR-sensitive customers and US data residency (Virginia) for US-first teams. Database, analytics, and click tracking all stay in the chosen region.
Related terms
What you should know next
GDPR
The EU's General Data Protection Regulation — in force since May 2018, with global reach.
Data Processing Agreement (DPA)
A contract between you and any vendor that processes personal data on your behalf.
CCPA / CPRA
California's privacy law, expanded by CPRA — the US benchmark for consumer data rights.
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