> ## Documentation Index
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# Data Residency & Hosting

> Where your Lane data is hosted and how it is encrypted and protected.

## Where your data lives

Lane hosts customer workspace data in the **European Union (Frankfurt)**. Our core infrastructure is:

| Layer                 | Provider      | Region          |
| --------------------- | ------------- | --------------- |
| Application & compute | Render        | EU - Frankfurt. |
| Primary database      | MongoDB       | EU - Frankfurt  |
| File & object storage | Cloudflare R2 | US              |

## Encryption

* **In transit.** All connections to Lane are encrypted with TLS. Traffic between our services and our infrastructure providers is likewise encrypted.
* **At rest.** Data stored in MongoDB Atlas is encrypted at rest. Sensitive third-party credentials (such as the access tokens for your connected integrations) are additionally encrypted at the application layer using **AES-256** before they are stored.

## Access & isolation

* Access to production systems is restricted to a small number of authorized Lane team members, and only for operating and supporting the service.
* Authentication is handled by **Clerk**, a dedicated identity provider, which manages sign-in and user credentials - including passwords and Google sign-in.
* Backups are retained in-region to preserve EU residency, and rolled off automatically after 7 days.

## Sub-processors

A full list of the third-party providers that process data on our behalf - and the region each operates in - is on the [Sub-processors](/security/subprocessors) page.