European alternatives to Bluehost
A budget US shared-hosting brand under Newfold Digital, itself owned by private-equity firm Clearlake. Cheap WordPress hosting, but on US infrastructure with the usual jurisdiction and upsell caveats.
Company information about Bluehost
- Company
- Newfold Digital Inc.
- Parent company
- Clearlake Capital
- Headquarters
- Provo, United States
- Founded
- 2003
- Data jurisdiction
- United States
- Ownership
- Private equity
- GDPR
- No
- Open source
- No
- Infrastructure
- Own infrastructure
Why people switch away from Bluehost
European alternatives to Bluehost
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Why avoid United States-owned services?
CLOUD Act
Forces US companies to hand over data stored anywhere in the world upon government request, including data on European servers.
FISA Section 702
Authorises mass surveillance of non-US persons using data held by US tech platforms, without a warrant or notification.
GDPR vs US law conflict
EU courts have repeatedly found that US surveillance law conflicts with European fundamental rights. Schrems I and II both invalidated EU-US data transfer agreements.