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GC Simplified
IT

Hosting

The arrangement under which a system and its data are operated and stored.

Plain English

Where a system physically runs, and therefore whose rules and whose borders apply to the data in it.

If you’re new here

Where the data sits is a question about law as much as about servers. Ask it early, because the answer can rule out a product entirely.

What they probably mean

Which country the data sleeps in.

Interpretation offered as humour, not authoritative guidance.

Bureaucracy level

Easy · 2/5

How much government-speak this phrase carries. Playful indicator, not a judgement of anyone using it.

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