You can host it yourself on servers in the EU.

Tijdreiziger · on Nov 26, 2022

But most companies don't actually want to host things themselves. If they did, 'cloud computing' wouldn't be so popular.

ceejayoz · on Nov 26, 2022

Sure, but smaller EU-resident providers could do hosting for companies.

kenjackson · on Nov 26, 2022

But Office supports this too. This isn’t an FOSS advantage. It’s a disadvantage of cloud hosted providers.

kevinmchugh · on Nov 26, 2022

So self-hostable or on-prem software has the advantage, not specifically FOSS. But in many cases this transfers the gdpr compliance burden to the business that's running the software

almostnormal · on Nov 26, 2022

The burden is on the owner of the data in any case. When using an external data processor like Microsoft they have to make sure that the external company complies, and this must be explicitly covered by the contract.