This provision establishes that regional data hosting selection is available for many covered services, either during setup or by request through an Account Executive, subject to availability, and that the selected region for one service may determine the processing region for related or dependent services.
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This provision establishes that regional data hosting is not uniformly available as a self-service configuration and that region selection for one service may produce downstream region assignments for related services, creating a dependency chain that organizations should map before finalizing service configurations.
The agreement states that region selection is accommodated subject to availability, meaning preferred regions are not guaranteed. The document also states that regional selection for one covered service may determine where data is hosted in related services, requiring organizations to evaluate regional selection decisions holistically across their Salesforce service portfolio.
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Compare across platforms →"When a Service offers alternative locations to process/and or store data, the Customer may be able to choose their region during the setup process or by working with an Account Executive. You may also request to have your Customer Data for a Covered Service or feature hosted in a different region, which may be accommodated, subject to availability. Further, if your Customer Data is hosted in a different region for one Covered Service, this may also affect where your data is hosted in other related services (e.g., hosting data in Europe for Service Cloud will cause your Service Cloud Einstein data to be hosted in Europe).Excerpt from Slack's Sub-Processors (Salesforce)
(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision engages data residency obligations under GDPR, UK GDPR, and equivalent national frameworks in jurisdictions where data localization is required or where cross-border transfers require specific authorization.
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This provision establishes that regional data hosting is not uniformly available as a self-service configuration and that region selection for one service may produce downstream region assignments for related services, creating a dependency chain that organizations should map before finalizing service configurations.
The agreement states that region selection is accommodated subject to availability, meaning preferred regions are not guaranteed. The document also states that regional selection for one covered service may determine where data is hosted in related services, requiring organizations to evaluate regional selection decisions holistically across their Salesforce service portfolio.
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