Ancrale: where do your PDFs go?
Sovereignty score
100/100
High sovereigntyAncrale is published by Ancrale SAS (France). The vendor is not directly subject to the US CLOUD Act.
Score calculated for this tool alone, without document-type weighting.
Checkpoints
- CLOUD Act
- No French vendor (Ancrale SAS) and European host (Scaleway) with data centres located in Paris.
- Jurisdiction
- France French law and GDPR — outside the direct reach of the US CLOUD Act
- Servers
- France Scaleway infrastructure exclusively in France (Paris region)
- Retention
- 15 min Processed in volatile memory — automatically wiped within 15 minutes (4 h max without action)
- AI
- No No human review, no persistent storage and no AI model training.
Quick answers
Is Ancrale subject to the CLOUD Act?
Not directly. French vendor (Ancrale SAS) and European host (Scaleway) with data centres located in Paris.
Where are files uploaded to Ancrale hosted?
Scaleway infrastructure exclusively in France (Paris region)
How long does Ancrale keep your documents?
Processed in volatile memory — automatically wiped within 15 minutes (4 h max without action)
Does Ancrale use your files to train AI?
No human review, no persistent storage and no AI model training.
Which certifications does Ancrale claim?
ISO/IEC 27001 infrastructure (Scaleway Paris) · 100% France hosting · GDPR compliance.
Our analysis
Unified French document suite running in volatile memory: no transfer outside France and no permanent storage by default.
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