Does European Data Protection Directive prohibit the use of onshape for limited liability corp.?

André_Sternberg

Hello onshape team,
the European Data Protection Directive "95/46/EG" prohibits the use of cloud services with servers based outside the european union for personal data. To my knowledge this applies to sensible data in general for limited liability corporations.

Since "Safe Harbour Agreement" was repealed in 2015 and the "General Data Protection Regulation" (GDPR) is not expected to be ratified before 2018 i fear that at this point there is no way to use onshape in the EU with legal certainty.

Could you please prove me wrong, or comment otherwise on this matter.
Do you plan to establish european server infrastructure?
What are your expectations for GDPR?


Best whishes

André

john_rousseau

Hi André. The European framework for managing data privacy is, as you point out, in flux. We have servers within the EU but at this time we cannot guarantee your data will remain exclusively within the EU. As the regulatory environment stabilizes in the coming months and years, Onshape will ensure that our operations are in compliance. In the meantime, if your company has a specific use case that you would like to describe to us in more detail in connection with your evaluation of Onshape please contact our sales team.

Thanks
-John

john_rousseau

Hi André. The European framework for managing data privacy is, as you point out, in flux. We have servers within the EU but at this time we cannot guarantee your data will remain exclusively within the EU. As the regulatory environment stabilizes in the coming months and years, Onshape will ensure that our operations are in compliance. In the meantime, if your company has a specific use case that you would like to describe to us in more detail in connection with your evaluation of Onshape please contact our sales team.

Thanks
-John