The document states that while Regional Twilio allows customers to select Ireland or Australia for Customer Content storage and processing, all other account and service usage data continues to be processed in the United States, with additional exceptions for fraud and abuse investigations that may apply even to regionally stored Customer Content.
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This provision discloses a material limitation on Regional Twilio's data residency scope: non-content account and usage data remains subject to US processing regardless of the region selected, creating a residual cross-border transfer exposure that customers relying on regional data residency for GDPR compliance should evaluate against their transfer mechanism and accountability obligations.
Interpretive note: The scope of 'all other data relating to your account and use of the Twilio Services' is not further defined in the document, creating uncertainty about the precise categories of data subject to residual US processing.
Under these terms, customers selecting Regional Twilio for Ireland or Australia processing retain US-based processing for all account and usage data outside of Customer Content, and Customer Content may also be transferred to the United States in fraud and abuse investigations; this disclosure affects the scope of data residency assertions customers can make to their own regulators or data subjects.
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Compare across platforms →"If using Regional Twilio for supported products, Customer Content is stored and processed in the region selected (Ireland or Australia). Exceptions will occur as necessary to investigate issues of fraud and abuse. At this time, all other data relating to your account and use of the Twilio Services will continue to be processed in the United States to allow Twilio to continue to provide and improve our Services to you.Excerpt from Twilio's Sub-Processors
1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision engages GDPR Chapter V and the accountability requirements under GDPR Article 5(2) for EU-based customers or customers processing EU personal data.
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This provision discloses a material limitation on Regional Twilio's data residency scope: non-content account and usage data remains subject to US processing regardless of the region selected, creating a residual cross-border transfer exposure that customers relying on regional data residency for GDPR compliance should evaluate against their transfer mechanism and accountability obligations.
Under these terms, customers selecting Regional Twilio for Ireland or Australia processing retain US-based processing for all account and usage data outside of Customer Content, and Customer Content may also be transferred to the United States in fraud and abuse investigations; this disclosure affects the scope of data residency assertions customers can make to their own regulators or data subjects.
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