United Kingdom (UK)

Infrastructure

• Location: London, United Kingdom
• URL: uk.onetimesecret.com
• Hosting provider: UpCloud (Helsinki, Finland)
• Custom domain CNAME: identity.ingress.onetime.co (anycast)

Custom Domain DNS

To point a custom domain at this region, create a CNAME record:

Record type	Host	Value
CNAME	secrets.example.com	identity.ingress.onetime.co

Note that the UK region uses an anycast CNAME rather than a region-specific subdomain.

See the Custom Domain Setup Guide for full instructions.

Regulatory Environment

The United Kingdom’s data protection framework is governed by the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018. Post-Brexit, the UK maintains its own data protection regime that is closely aligned with the EU GDPR.

About the hosting provider

This region is hosted by UpCloud, a European cloud infrastructure provider founded in 2011 and headquartered in Helsinki, Finland. As a sovereign European provider, all account-related data is stored exclusively in Finland under Finnish and EU data protection regulations. UpCloud operates data centers across multiple European locations including London, which hosts this region.

Key regulatory aspects

• The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) serves as the independent supervisory authority
• The UK GDPR retains the core principles and rights of the EU GDPR, including data subject rights and lawful basis requirements
• The UK has an adequacy decision from the European Commission, allowing data to flow freely from the EU/EEA
• The Data Protection Act 2018 supplements the UK GDPR with provisions specific to UK law enforcement and intelligence services

When to Consider This Region

• Your organization or users are primarily based in the United Kingdom
• You need to comply with UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018
• You want data residency within the United Kingdom
• You serve customers who require UK-based data processing