Where your data
really lives
Residency and jurisdiction scored on two separate axes, the way Canadian law reads. A Canadian data centre does not stop a US subpoena.
Sovereignty matrix
CORERESIDENCY ONLY
data in Canada, US operator
data in Canada, US operator
FULL US EXPOSURE
SOVEREIGN
Canadian data + control
Canadian data + control
CONTROLLED OFFSHORE
Acomba
Dayforce
Microsoft 365
AWS ca-central
US analytics
CA hosting
OPERATOR: US-compellable ↑
DATA RESIDENCY: in Canada ← → outside Canada
Law 25 readiness
0%
READY
9 of 12 obligations met
Findings
2/5US analytics, full exposure
US analytics · confirmed
Acomba, sovereign, no action
Acomba · confirmed
Payroll operator, US jurisdiction
Dayforce · indicative
Microsoft 365 residency add-on
Microsoft 365 · indicative
Infra operator compellable
AWS ca-central · indicative
Scans seed findings as indicative. They promote to confirmed only through analyst sign-off, so nothing false reaches the register.
Control coverage
Law 25Consent management96%
Breach response88%
Data inventory74%
Cross-border transfer58%
Vendor roster
6 systems · jurisdiction checkedVENDORRESIDENCYOPERATOR
A
CanadaCA controlledSovereignAcomba
Accounting · ACCEO, Quebec City
D
CanadaUS parentResidency onlyDayforce
Payroll · HR
M
MixedUSConditionalMicrosoft 365
Productivity
U
USUSFull exposureUS analytics SaaS
Analytics
Cross-border
exposure
Two questions Vanta and Drata merge into one residency checkbox: where the data sits, and who can be compelled to disclose it. MapleGuard scores both and never collapses them.
Sovereignty matrix, full view
hover any vendorRESIDENCY ONLY
data in Canada, US operator
data in Canada, US operator
FULL US EXPOSURE
SOVEREIGN · Canadian data and control
CONTROLLED OFFSHORE
Acomba
Dayforce
Microsoft 365
AWS ca-central
US analytics
CA hosting
US-compellable ↑
DATA RESIDENCY: in Canada ← → outside Canada
Vendors, by
jurisdiction
Every system that touches personal information, split by where the data lives and who can be legally compelled to hand it over.
VENDORRESIDENCYOPERATOR
A
CanadaCA controlledSovereignAcomba
Accounting · ACCEO, Quebec City
C
CanadaCA controlledSovereignCanadian hosting
Hosting
D
CanadaUS parentResidency onlyDayforce
Payroll · HR
A
CanadaUSResidency onlyAWS ca-central-1
Infrastructure
M
MixedUSConditionalMicrosoft 365
Productivity
U
USUSFull exposureUS analytics SaaS
Analytics
Law 25
(Loi 25)
Every cross-border finding ties back to a specific obligation, in French and English, so the register reads cleanly in an audit.
Obligation readiness
9 of 12 metConsent and transparency96%
Confidentiality incidents88%
Data inventory74%
Cross-border transfer58%
Live obligation register
FR / ENPrivacy officer designated and publishedart. 3.1
Confidentiality incident log maintainedart. 3.5
Transfer outside Quebec assessed per systemart. 17
Automated decision factors disclosedart. 12.1
PHIPA
Health information custody, with the same jurisdiction lens applied to every vendor that touches a record.
Safeguard readiness
personal health informationAccess controls and audit log91%
Custodian agreements80%
Breach notification workflow86%
Vendor jurisdiction reviewed69%