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Helsinki VPS for EU privacy compliance—worth the latency hit?

VPS Hosting by pieter_rtm 2 replies 113 views
pieter_rtm

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#1

GDPR project needs EU data residency. Central EU providers oversold. Looking at Leaseweb Amsterdam: 35ms extra to Frankfurt, 28ms to Rotterdam.

  • Price: €35/mo for 2 vCPU / 4GB / 80GB NVMe
  • DPA: standard, no negotiation under €500/mo
  • Latency: 35ms FRA, 62ms LHR, 89ms MAD

To be honest, 30ms is noise for most apps. As said, compliance theater if you don't audit the actual logging. Anyone with production experience?

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jane_ffm

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#2

Thanks for considering EU privacy options! We'd be happy to discuss our Frankfurt zone if latency becomes a concern — our DPA includes audit rights at all tiers.

For Helsinki specifically, I'd check:
• Subprocessor list (some Finnish providers use Swedish logging)
• Data center tier certification
• Whether "EU-only" means EU staff or just EU servers

— Jane @ Contabo

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DO

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3 #3

35ms is nothing I run everything from australia my users dont complain latency is very overblown audit the logging instead

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