Foxit PDF Editor Cloud: where do your PDFs go?
Sovereignty score
43/100
High exposureFoxit PDF Editor Cloud is published by Foxit Software Inc. (United States). The vendor falls under the US CLOUD Act: US authorities can request your files, whatever the hosting country.
Score calculated for this tool alone, without document-type weighting.
Checkpoints
- CLOUD Act
- Exposed Foxit Software Inc. is registered in the United States (Fremont, California) and uses AWS as its main host.
- Jurisdiction
- Non-EU United States — US law — subject to the US CLOUD Act
- Servers
- Non-EU Regional AWS instances (US-East by default, Frankfurt in the EU) and Aliyun in China
- Retention
- Persistent Temporary files deleted within 2 days; cloud documents kept until the user deletes them (30 days after expiry)
- AI
- No States that data is isolated by region for enterprise cloud accounts.
Quick answers
Is Foxit PDF Editor Cloud subject to the CLOUD Act?
Yes. Foxit Software Inc. is registered in the United States (Fremont, California) and uses AWS as its main host.
Where are files uploaded to Foxit PDF Editor Cloud hosted?
Regional AWS instances (US-East by default, Frankfurt in the EU) and Aliyun in China.
How long does Foxit PDF Editor Cloud keep your documents?
Temporary files deleted within 2 days; cloud documents kept until the user deletes them (30 days after expiry)
Does Foxit PDF Editor Cloud use your files to train AI?
States that data is isolated by region for enterprise cloud accounts.
Which certifications does Foxit PDF Editor Cloud claim?
ISO/IEC 27001 · SOC 2 Type II · HIPAA (US offering)
Our analysis
Multi-region AWS deployment with announced 48 h temporary retention, under US jurisdiction.
Source: Foxit Security & Cloud documentation ·
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