What "EU-only" means here, concretely
"EU-hosted" is easy to claim and rarely complete. Many EU-marketed services are operated from the EU but run on US hyperscalers, or store files in Europe while backing them up elsewhere. FileSendX makes one guarantee that covers the whole chain:
- The operator is European: FileSendX is run by Dynamic Foundries, a company registered in France. French legal mentions, EU jurisdiction.
- The infrastructure is European: application, database, and storage run on EU infrastructure in France.
- Your files live on EU object storage in France — and they are not backed up, replicated, or CDN-cached outside the EU. There is no second copy on another continent.
- Transactional email (download notifications, password resets) is sent from EU mail infrastructure, not from a US transactional-mail provider.
- Even the front-end assets — fonts, styles, scripts — are self-hosted. Loading this page calls no US CDN.
Why the hosting question is a legal question
When your files sit with a US cloud provider — even in a European data center — they sit within reach of that provider's legal obligations under US law, such as the CLOUD Act. That is not a hypothetical for regulated teams: it is the reason European DPAs keep scrutinizing transatlantic transfer mechanisms.
FileSendX removes the question instead of answering it: there is no US provider in the chain of custody for your files. Requests for data go through French and EU law, and the privacy policy names every sub-processor.
GDPR by default
- The data controller is in the EU, so your GDPR rights are enforceable without transatlantic gymnastics.
- Data minimisation is structural: transfers expire and burn-after-reading wipes the file after the first download. The service is designed to forget.
- We don't inspect file contents, run AI on your uploads, or share metadata with advertisers.
- Deleting your account deletes your data — files and records.
The fine print lives where it should: in the privacy policy, which names sub-processors, retention periods, and your rights. Read the privacy policy.
Comparing on sovereignty
If you're choosing between transfer services on data-residency grounds, the useful question is never the flag on the marketing site — it's where the bytes rest and who can be compelled to hand them over. See how FileSendX compares with WeTransfer. Read the European-alternative guide.