An Australian region isn't the same as Australian sovereignty. Answer three questions and see whether your stack is exposed to the US CLOUD Act — in about ten seconds.
This checker gives general information based on corporate ownership and jurisdiction — it isn't legal advice. For a formal assessment, talk to your legal or compliance team.
Choosing an "Australian region" from a US-owned provider gives you residency — your bytes sit on Australian soil. It does not give you sovereignty. The US CLOUD Act lets US authorities compel any US-incorporated company to hand over data it controls, regardless of where that data is stored — and often with a gag order, so you're never told.
That means Supabase (US Inc.), Firebase (Google), AWS, Azure and the rest carry CLOUD Act exposure even on their Sydney regions. The only way to remove it is to use a provider with no US or foreign entity in the ownership chain that can be compelled.
Read the detail: CLOUD Act vs the Privacy Act · Data sovereignty in Australia · Sovereignty FAQ.
WattleDB is a 100% Australian-owned Backend-as-a-Service — managed Postgres, APIs, auth and backups, with no foreign entity in the chain. Genuinely sovereign, by ownership.
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