Why European matters.
Where your software comes from decides whose laws apply to your company’s data, and who else can ask for it.
Who can reach your data.
The law that applies follows the company that runs a service, not only the building its servers stand in.
A US law that lets US authorities require US companies to hand over data in their possession, custody or control, wherever in the world it is stored.
Lets US intelligence agencies require US providers to hand over the communications of people outside the United States, with a yearly approval from a special court instead of a warrant for each person.
When a US company or its European subsidiary runs the service, data stored in Frankfurt or Dublin can still be reached under these laws. What counts is who controls it.
The legal ground keeps moving.
Twice, the EU Court of Justice has struck down the framework for sending personal data to the US. Each time, transfers that were lawful the day before needed a new legal basis.
In the Schrems I ruling, the Court found that US surveillance law did not protect Europeans’ data well enough, and struck the framework down.
In Schrems II, the Court struck down its successor for the same reason, and named FISA Section 702 among the problems.
The current framework rests on a US executive order, which a later president can change, and it has already been challenged in the EU courts.
Your suppliers are your responsibility.
Under European law, the provider you choose is a decision your company has to be able to explain.
You may only use processors that offer sufficient guarantees, and every transfer of personal data outside the EU needs a legal basis, often with a transfer impact assessment.
Companies in scope must manage the security risks of their suppliers, and their management is accountable for it. EU countries had to apply the rules from October 2024.
When a provider is based, owned and stores your data in the EU, there is no transfer to the US to assess, document and defend. That takes a whole class of questions out of audits and impact assessments.
Choice, continuity and where the money goes.
Beyond the law, a few practical questions decide how free your company stays.
When a few companies outside Europe run your mail, files and sign-in, their prices and terms, and the sanctions and export rules of their governments, become your risk. Digital sovereignty means keeping the choice.
What you pay a European company pays for engineers and taxes in Europe, and helps build the European alternatives that give every company more choice.
A service paid for by advertising earns more the more it knows about the people who use it. Ask how a provider makes its money, and you know what it does with your data.
What to look for in a provider.
Six questions to ask before you move your company’s work anywhere.
- Headquarters and owner in the EU The company and whoever owns it are based in the European Union, so European law applies all the way up.
- Data stored in the EU Files, mail and backups stay on servers in the EU, and the provider tells you where.
- No US parent company No parent company or controlling owner that US authorities can compel to hand over your data.
- A clear list of sub-processors Every service provider named, with where it runs, what it handles and how any access from outside the EU is covered.
- Open formats Your documents stay .docx, .xlsx and .pptx files that any office app can open.
- A way to leave A full export of your data whenever you want it, without having to ask.
How Dazr does this.
Dazr is a calm, fast workplace first. It is also European, and this is where we stand.
Dazr is an Italian company, so Italian and EU law, the GDPR included, govern everything we do.
Mail, chats and files live encrypted on servers in the European Union.
Dazr has no US owner. It is an independent Italian company.
Your files stay Word, Excel and PowerPoint files you can take anywhere. We do not sell your data or use it for advertising.
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