Data Residency

Which country your data physically sits in

Where data is stored and processed geographically, as distinct from who controls it. Canadian buyers — particularly in the public sector, healthcare and financial services — often require that personal information stay in Canada, and vendors are increasingly asked to commit to it contractually in a data processing agreement.

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