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Question

I want to build a cloud infrastructure for a medical Company "Medic-Cloud" they want to move its system from their premises into the cloud. The Company has three branches around Europe Poland, Italy and Portugal, the headquarter is in Italy. The company aims to provide all its medical services to customers/patients in Scotland.
Design economical and efficient cloud based system by utilizing AWS Amazon platform and initialize system in one region.
So I am confused about selection region because data protection act is also keep in mind.

Accepted Answer

Hello.

In general, I think it's a good idea to select a region by considering end-user latency.  
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/wellarchitected/latest/sustainability-pillar/sus_sus_region_a2.html

So, why not try using the London region "eu-west-2" first?  
If it is difficult to use the London region due to personal information protection, etc., you may want to consider other European regions.  
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/using-regions-availability-zones.html

Answer

Hi,

You may be interested by this FAQ:  https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/gdpr-center/

```
AWS offers a UK GDPR-compliant UK GDPR Addendum to the AWS DPA that incorporates 
AWS’s commitments as a data processor under the UK GDPR.  The UK GDPR Addendum is 
part of the AWS Service Terms and applies automatically for all customers who require a 
data processing agreement to comply with the UK GDPR. 
```

The mentioned addendum is here: https://d1.awsstatic.com/legal/aws-gdpr/UK_GDPR_Addendum_to_AWS_data_processing_addendum.pdf

Best,

Didier

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