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🇺🇸 Salesforce, Inc. US jurisdiction

Slack

Team messaging platform with channels, integrations and search

Elevated Risk (Score: 2.35/5)

Hosting & Jurisdiction

Data Residency
🏳️ EU/EEA
Jurisdiction Exposure
🇺🇸 US
Self-Hosted No

Cloud-only. EU data residency available but US jurisdiction applies via Salesforce.

⚠️ Jurisdiction Risk

This product is subject to foreign jurisdiction (US), which may allow foreign authorities to compel data disclosure.

Key Concerns

  • Owned by Salesforce (CLOUD Act)
  • All data in the cloud
  • Enterprise features require expensive license

NDSI Assessment

Norwegian Digital Sovereignty Index v1.0 - Assessed 2025-12-01

Data 2/5

EU data residency available

Environment 2/5

Salesforce environmental commitments

Legal 3/5

Subject to CLOUD Act via Salesforce

Local presence 2/5

No dedicated Norwegian support

National security 2/5

Communication data subject to US jurisdiction

Operational 2/5

Cloud-only, good uptime

Security 2/5

EKM available for enterprise

Strategic 3/5

Owned by Salesforce (US), previously independent

Supply chain 2/5

Part of Salesforce ecosystem

Technology 2/5

Good API, but some lock-in

What You Can Do

Enable Enterprise Key Management (EKM)

Manage your own encryption keys via AWS KMS

Effort: High Impact: Medium Requires: Enterprise Grid

Use EU data residency

Select EU region for data storage

Effort: Low Impact: Medium

Alternatives

Technical Details

Open Source No
Data Portability Full
Self-Hosted No

Sources