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A regulatory requirement—not solely a contractual choice—mandates that certain data from Indian payment transactions remain stored within India.
Interpretive note: The excerpt does not define which specific data elements constitute 'certain data'; this limitation is noted but does not affect the canonical claim.
If your data relates to Indian payment transactions, certain of that data is stored by Stripe India Private Limited on servers located in India under a regulatory obligation.
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"In order to meet regulatory data localization requirements for Indian payment transactions, Stripe India Private Limited stores certain data on servers located in India.Excerpt from Stripe's Service Providers (Sub-Processors)
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A regulatory requirement—not solely a contractual choice—mandates that certain data from Indian payment transactions remain stored within India.
If your data relates to Indian payment transactions, certain of that data is stored by Stripe India Private Limited on servers located in India under a regulatory obligation.
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