16 locations · 8 jurisdictions · 19 facilities · AS204287
Choose your legal distance
Every location below publishes the statutes and court decisions behind its privacy claims, its measured latency from five sources, and a section headed “the trade-off” describing what it does not protect you from.
Answer
Incognito VPS operates 16 locations. 8 of them were chosen for their legal properties — Iceland, Switzerland, Netherlands, Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova, Panama and Russia — and 8 were chosen for latency and peering, with no jurisdictional claim attached. Each location page publishes the statutes behind its claims, its measured latency from five sources, and an explicit account of what that jurisdiction does not protect against.
Sixteen legal regimes, side by side
Published as an open dataset under CC BY 4.0. Machine-readable copies at /jurisdictions.json and /servers.md.
| Locations | EU member | Eyes alliance | Data retention | US DMCA force | Frankfurt | Price index |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iceland Reykjavík | No | None | No general data-retention obligation applies to hosting providers (2022) | None | 41 ms | 1.32 |
| Switzerland Zürich | No | None | See dossier | None | 8 ms | 1.45 |
| Netherlands Amsterdam | Yes | Nine | Blanket telecom data retention struck down and never re-enacted (2015) | None | 7 ms | 1.16 |
| Romania Bucharest | Yes | None | Data-retention law struck down as unconstitutional — twice (2014) | None | 29 ms | 1.06 |
| Bulgaria Sofia | Yes | None | Blanket retention provisions annulled as unconstitutional (2015) | None | 34 ms | 1.00 |
| Moldova Chișinău | No | None | No general data-retention mandate on hosting providers (2007) | None | 42 ms | 1.02 |
| Panama Panama City | No | None | No general data-retention statute covering hosting providers (2009) | None | 132 ms | 1.24 |
| Russia Moscow | No | None | See dossier | None | 38 ms | 1.02 |
| France Paris | Yes | Nine | Connection-data retention is mandatory and applies to hosting providers (2021) | None | 11 ms | 1.12 |
| United Kingdom London | No | Five | Retention notices may compel operators to keep communications data for 12 months (2016) | None | 14 ms | 1.18 |
| Germany Frankfurt | Yes | Fourteen | General data retention struck down as unconstitutional and unenforced since (2010) | None | 1 ms | 1.08 |
| United States New York | No | Five | No federal general data-retention mandate applies to hosting providers (2026) | Direct | 84 ms | 1.15 |
| Canada Toronto | No | Five | No general data-retention mandate for hosting providers (2000) | None | 92 ms | 1.14 |
| Singapore Singapore | No | None | See dossier | None | 155 ms | 1.34 |
| Japan Tokyo | No | None | No general data-retention mandate for hosting providers (1984) | None | 224 ms | 1.38 |
| Australia Sydney | No | Five | Two-year mandatory retention of telecommunications metadata (2015) | None | 258 ms | 1.41 |
Eight jurisdictions, chosen for their legal properties
Each of these publishes the statutes and court decisions behind its claims, plus a section on what that jurisdiction does not give you.
Iceland
Free-speech haven
- No general data-retention obligation applies to hosting providers (2022)
- Constitutional free-expression protection with narrow, enumerated exceptions (1995)
VPS
$5.5
Dedicated
$60.5
Switzerland
Premium neutrality
- Revised federal data-protection statute with criminal liability for unlawful disclosure (2023)
- Foreign requests must run through mutual legal assistance with dual-criminality review (1983)
VPS
$6
Dedicated
$66.5
Netherlands
Best peering on earth
- Blanket telecom data retention struck down and never re-enacted (2015)
- Hosting providers benefit from conditional liability exemption (mere conduit / hosting) (2024)
VPS
$4.5
Dedicated
$53.5
Romania
Anti-retention precedent
- Data-retention law struck down as unconstitutional — twice (2014)
- Follow-up retention bill also declared unconstitutional (2014)
VPS
$4
Dedicated
$49
Bulgaria
Low-cost EU edge
- Blanket retention provisions annulled as unconstitutional (2015)
- Retention now requires prior judicial authorisation per request (2015)
VPS
$4
Dedicated
$46
Moldova
Outside the EU perimeter
- Non-EU state — EU instruments including European Investigation Orders do not apply (2022)
- No general data-retention mandate on hosting providers (2007)
VPS
$4
Dedicated
$47
Panama
No MLAT with the West
- Constitutional protection of private communications requiring judicial authorisation (2004)
- No general data-retention statute covering hosting providers (2009)
VPS
$5
Dedicated
$57
Russia
Beyond Western reach
- EU and US court orders have no enforcement path; MLAT cooperation suspended since 2022 (2022)
- US DMCA and EU DSA carry no legal force in Russian courts (2008)
VPS
$4
Dedicated
$47
Eight mainstream sites, chosen for latency
These are proximity and peering choices. None of them is a privacy jurisdiction — several are Five Eyes members with retention mandates — and each page says so plainly. Pick one because your users are nearby, not because of its law.
France
Western Europe, lowest latency
- Connection-data retention is mandatory and applies to hosting providers (2021)
- General retention upheld for national-security purposes (2021)
VPS
$4.5
Dedicated
$51.5
United Kingdom
London transit hub
- Retention notices may compel operators to keep communications data for 12 months (2016)
- Technical capability notices may require removal of electronic protection (2016)
VPS
$4.5
Dedicated
$54.5
Germany
DE-CIX, best peering in Europe
- General data retention struck down as unconstitutional and unenforced since (2010)
- German general retention held contrary to EU law by the Court of Justice (2022)
VPS
$4.5
Dedicated
$49.5
United States
North American reach
- No federal general data-retention mandate applies to hosting providers (2026)
- Providers must disclose data under warrant regardless of where it is stored (2018)
VPS
$4.5
Dedicated
$53
Canada
North America, softer copyright
- No general data-retention mandate for hosting providers (2000)
- Copyright notices are forwarded, not enforced — no takedown obligation (2015)
VPS
$4.5
Dedicated
$52.5
Singapore
Asia-Pacific gateway
- No documented participation in any Eyes intelligence-sharing tier (2026)
- Government may order correction or removal of online statements (2019)
VPS
$5.5
Dedicated
$61.5
Japan
East Asia, constitutional secrecy
- Constitutional secrecy of communications with narrow statutory exceptions (1947)
- No general data-retention mandate for hosting providers (1984)
VPS
$5.5
Dedicated
$63.5
Australia
Oceania coverage
- Two-year mandatory retention of telecommunications metadata (2015)
- Providers may be compelled to assist with access to encrypted communications (2018)
VPS
$5.5
Dedicated
$65
What each product costs where
| Location | VPS | Dedicated | GPU | RDP | Storage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iceland | $5.5 | $60.5 | $157 | — | $21 |
| Switzerland | $6 | $66.5 | — | — | $23 |
| Netherlands | $4.5 | $53.5 | $138 | $11 | $18.5 |
| Romania | $4 | $49 | $126 | $10 | $17 |
| Bulgaria | $4 | $46 | — | $9.5 | $16 |
| Moldova | $4 | $47 | $121.5 | $9.5 | $16.5 |
| Panama | $5 | $57 | — | — | $20 |
| Russia | $4 | $47 | — | $9.5 | — |
| France | $4.5 | $51.5 | $133.5 | $10.5 | $18 |
| United Kingdom | $4.5 | $54.5 | — | $11 | $19 |
| Germany | $4.5 | $49.5 | $128.5 | $10.5 | $17.5 |
| United States | $4.5 | $53 | $137 | $11 | $18.5 |
| Canada | $4.5 | $52.5 | — | $11 | $18 |
| Singapore | $5.5 | $61.5 | $159.5 | — | $21.5 |
| Japan | $5.5 | $63.5 | $164 | — | $22 |
| Australia | $5.5 | $65 | — | $13.5 | $22.5 |
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