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In order for our product to comply with the UK Data Protection Act, one requirement is that our data must be stored within a UK data centre.

Is there a facility to configure Amazon S3 to use a UK-based data centre?

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    This question appears to be off-topic because it is fundamentally a legal question, not an administration one. – ceejayoz Sep 09 '14 at 15:04
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    AWS's list of regions is public. They do, however, participate in the EU's Safe Harbor program (http://aws.amazon.com/privacy/) which may suffice. – ceejayoz Sep 09 '14 at 15:05
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    Not sure if this is misunderstanding of requirements. The ICO approves of using the major cloud operators EU regions for most data. – JamesRyan Sep 09 '14 at 15:11

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The current list presented to me in the AWS console is:

  • US East (N. Virginia)
  • US West (Oregon)
  • US West (N. California)
  • EU (Ireland)
  • Asia Pacific (Singapore)
  • Asia Pacific (Tokyo)
  • Asia Pacific (Sydney)
  • South America (São Paulo)

So no, there's no UK option. That said, and bearing in mind that we are not legal experts here and do not do legal advice, I'd be very surprised if "inside the EU" was not enough to satisfy your requirements. Check your requirements carefully, and if inside the EU will do, pick Ireland.

MadHatter
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