# Elastic SIEM cloud data storage location? Canadian Data Residency

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-siem-cloud-data-storage-location-canadian-data-residency/315712>\
**Category:** SIEM\
**Created:** [October 3, 2022, 6:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-siem-cloud-data-storage-location-canadian-data-residency/315712 "2022-10-03T18:02:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![DabLab](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/34f0e0/32.png) [@DabLab](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DabLab)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2022, 6:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-siem-cloud-data-storage-location-canadian-data-residency/315712/1 "2022-10-03T18:02:17Z")

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I need to know if Elastic meets Canadian Data Residency requirements. Meaning the solution for a canadian company would store its data in canada. Thank you!

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**Author:** ![stephenb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stephenb/32/40856_2.png) [@stephenb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephenb)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2022, 8:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-siem-cloud-data-storage-location-canadian-data-residency/315712/2 "2022-10-03T20:13:37Z")

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Hi @DabLab Welcome to the community and thanks for Considering Elastic Cloud.

First I would reach out to Sales so that you can get in contact with and Account / Technical Team so you an have a detailed discussion

In Short If you use Elastic Cloud and say Choose for Example GCP Montreal... All your data will be stored in that GCP Region... The Custer Local Storage, the Backups etc and the Longterm Storage if you happen to use our Frozen tier would all be located in that Region.

NOW you _ **could** _ define your own Backup and Long Term Retention with your own GCS buckets (S3) if you want.

You would control the location of the GCS Buckets, it would need to be available to the same region that you are running, but We Elastic would not Control if _ **you chose** _ to make the those Global GCS Buckets (S3).

So in short .. Yes by default the Data is completely within the Region you define.

BUT you could do some configuration that would make that data available outside that region if you chose to.

Hope that makes sense.

Here are some links:

> **[Elastic Security and Compliance](https://www.elastic.co/security-and-compliance)**
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> Elastic’s hosted and self-managed products are built with security in mind and include features engineered to keep customer information safe. Learn how Elastic products both meet and help ensure compliance with data protection laws and regulations.

> **[Elastic Cloud Security | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/cloud/security)**
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> For each Elastic Cloud service, we strive to provide security and privacy for your data. Here’s why thousands of customers trust us with their search requirements and their data.

> **[Elasticsearch GDPR and Elastic Stack GDPR Compliance](https://www.elastic.co/gdpr)**
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> Learn how to meet GDPR requirements when storing personal data in the Elastic Stack (Elasticsearch, Kibana, Beats, and Logstash), sometimes called ELK Stack.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2022, 8:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-siem-cloud-data-storage-location-canadian-data-residency/315712/3 "2022-10-31T20:13:39Z")

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