The laws and regulations governing data protection are continuously changing, influenced both by technological developments and geopolitical factors. For companies who work with sensitive information, choosing the right place to store this data cannot be an afterthought: it is a business-critical decision.
1. International uncertainties with an immediate impact
Change has come to the political landscape in the USA. With a new administration in place under President Trump, the reliability of the EU-US Data Privacy Framework is now in question. Regulatory decisions could have a huge impact on your data storage within a very short space of time. In this unpredictable environment – and in light of potential geopolitical tensions – businesses must have the assurance of working with a trustworthy partner.
2. US cloud services: an unknowable risk
US cloud providers are not only subject to the CLOUD Act, which permits US authorities to access the data stored by their services, but are also susceptible to sudden changes in regulations. New legislation or sanctions could lead to a situation where these services are restricted or even forced offline. This poses a significant risk to European companies, as the customer data they have stored with US cloud services could become unavailable overnight – with potentially devastating consequences for their business.
3. Business-critical form data and business secrets are especially at risk
Companies that use forms to collect sensitive data such as trade secrets, personal details or financial data bear significant responsibility for this information. There can be serious consequences if this data is tapped into via a security hole, for example. Apart from personal data such as bank account details or medical records, this is also true for confidential business and financial data, such as order information or knowledge about business relationships.
Data stored in US clouds is especially at risk: the CLOUD Act exposes this data to access by US authorities, which can happen at any time without warning.
Formcentric shields you from these risks by ensuring that your data is only ever stored in ISO 27001-certified data centres in Germany. This protects your form data and business secrets from access by the US authorities and other unauthorised third parties
Formcentric – your digital safety shield
At Formcentric, protecting your online form data is our top priority. We guarantee the highest standards of data protection and information security: reliable, transparent and fully compliant with European data privacy laws. With Formcentric, you retain full control over your sensitive data, which is inaccessible to unauthorised parties – including US federal agencies.
Formcentric is developed in Germany and saves all of your data exclusively on servers in data centres that are located and operated by our long-standing partners on German territory. Certified like Formcentric itself to ISO 27001, these partners have also won multiple awards for their web hosting services.
Formcentric comes with the GDPR already built in. All of your data handling work conforms to the latest regulations and complies with EU law on the protection of personal data. All Formcentric data storage is GDPR-compliant.
We know that security and availability are the alpha and omega of data handling. Our partners operate high-availability data centres with 24/7 monitoring. We also work with a backup system that creates archive copies of your data at regular intervals. In the event of a security incident, our ISO 27001-certified information security management system (ISMS) steps in to ensure the integrity of all of our systems.
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