Data residency
Choose where your customer data is stored and processed to meet regional compliance requirements.
LiyaSupport offers data residency options so you can ensure customer data stays within a specific geographic boundary. This is relevant for organisations subject to GDPR, UK GDPR, Australian Privacy Act, and other data localisation regulations.
Available regions
| Region | Cloud provider | Location | Availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States (default) | AWS us-east-1 | North Virginia, USA | All plans |
| European Union | AWS eu-central-1 | Frankfurt, Germany | Growth and above |
| United Kingdom | AWS eu-west-2 | London, UK | Growth and above |
| Australia | AWS ap-southeast-2 | Sydney, Australia | Scale and Enterprise |
| Canada | AWS ca-central-1 | Montréal, Canada | Enterprise only |
| Singapore / SEA | AWS ap-southeast-1 | Singapore | Enterprise only |
What data is stored in-region
When you select a data residency region, the following data is stored and processed exclusively within that region:
- Conversation messages and attachments
- Contact and company records
- Knowledge base articles and embeddings
- AI-generated drafts and quality scores
- Audit log entries
- CSAT survey responses
- Custom attributes and tags
Cross-region data flows
Some non-customer-data operational data flows across regions regardless of your residency setting:
- Authentication metadata — session tokens and login events are processed globally for latency reasons
- Aggregated analytics — anonymised usage metrics for billing and product analytics
- Support tickets — if you contact Liya support, your support agent's access is region-agnostic (but access is logged in the audit log)
AI model data handling
Liya's AI features use large language models operated by Anthropic. Conversation content sent to the AI for draft generation is:
- Transmitted to the model endpoint with TLS encryption
- Not used by Anthropic to train models (Liya has a DPA with Anthropic covering this)
- Not stored by Anthropic beyond the inference request lifetime
For EU and UK workspaces, Liya routes AI inference to Anthropic's EU endpoint where available. You can disable AI features entirely in Settings → AI Settings → AI featuresif your organisation prohibits sending any customer data to third-party AI providers.
Sub-processors
Liya maintains a published list of sub-processors. Key sub-processors include:
| Sub-processor | Purpose | Region(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon Web Services | Cloud infrastructure, storage, compute | Varies by residency region |
| Anthropic | AI language model inference | US (EU endpoint for EU/UK workspaces) |
| Stripe | Payment processing (workspace billing) | US + EU |
| SendGrid / Twilio | Transactional email delivery | US |
| Datadog | Infrastructure monitoring (metadata only) | US + EU |