Explainers
The EU-US Data Privacy Framework, explained for vendor reviews
Solomon Amos · 7 Sep 2026 · 10 min read
PlanetScale
Regulatory evidence
PlanetScale offers the worldâs fastest and most scalable cloud hosting for Vitess, Neki, and
PlanetScale against third-party requirements
For each regulation, how many of the requirements it places on your vendors PlanetScale’s public evidence reaches. Open one for every item with its date and source.
- GDPR60%3 evidence found2 no public evidence
- UK GDPR75%3 evidence found1 no public evidence
- DORA58%3 evidence found1 partial evidence2 no public evidence
- NIS267%2 evidence found1 no public evidence
- HIPAA67%2 evidence found1 no public evidence
- PCI DSS100%2 evidence found
- EU AI Act0%3 no public evidence
- ISO 27001 Annex A63%2 evidence found1 partial evidence1 no public evidence
- SOC 2 CC9.275%1 evidence found1 partial evidence
Documents on the trust centre
What the vendor lists, typed; public items can be read now, the rest are available on request.
8 documents listed on PlanetScale’s trust centre
trust.planetscale.com- Architecture or data-flow diagram
- PlanetScale Control Plane Architectureon request · seen 21 Sep 2026
- PlanetScale Managed on AWS - Customer Architectureon request · seen 21 Sep 2026
- PlanetScale Managed on GCP - Customer Architectureon request · seen 21 Sep 2026
- Cyber insurance certificate
- Cybersecurity Insurance - Evidence of Coverageon request · seen 21 Sep 2026
- PCI DSS attestation of compliance
- PCI DSS v4.0.1 Attestation of Compliance for Report on Compliance – Service Providerson request · seen 21 Sep 2026
- PlanetScale Managed - PCI DSS 4.0.1 Shared Responsibilitieson request · seen 21 Sep 2026
- Penetration test report
- Network Vulnerability Assessment & Penetration Testing - March 2026on request · seen 21 Sep 2026
- Security questionnaire (SIG, CAIQ, HECVAT)
- PlanetScale CAIQ-Lite (Updated 2026-05)on request · seen 21 Sep 2026
What the vendor says
Answers the vendor publishes to questions buyers ask, quoted with the link to where it says so.
Where data is hosted or processed
Where does PlanetScale store my data?
“The infrastructure supporting user databases, backups, etc., is in the provider (AWS or GCP) and region where the database is created. Any read-only replicas in other geographies will copy the data set to the selected regions. The following are two examples of data locality in PlanetScale: - If you create a database in a US-based region , all data, including customer data, is stored and processed in the US, except...”
Regions named: EU, USas of 21 Sep 2026Source
Encryption
How does PlanetScale encrypt data at rest?
“Yes, PlanetScale databases and their client communications are AES encrypted throughout the PlanetScale platform, both in transit and at rest. Data is encrypted at rest on the underlying storage media that serves database branches and also the underlying storage media that hosts your PlanetScale database backups. This helps mitigate the risk of unintentional or malicious access to user data on storage systems.”
as of 21 Sep 2026Source
Encryption
How does PlanetScale encrypt data in transit?
“Yes, PlanetScale databases and their client communications are AES encrypted throughout the PlanetScale platform, both in transit and at rest. Data in transit to PlanetScale databases is encrypted and goes through three major paths: - The PlanetScale CLI , leverages TLS when initiating a connection to PlanetScale's API and Edge. - PlanetScale connection strings require the successful establishment of a TLS session...”
as of 21 Sep 2026Source
Reviewing a vendor against regulations
All articlesAnalysis
The state of public compliance evidence in 2026: what 3,000 vendors actually publish
CertReports Research · 18 Sep 2026 · 12 min read
This maps third-party obligations to the vendor evidence that may support them. It is not legal advice and never a statement that a vendor or its customers comply; confirm scope and sufficiency with your counsel or auditor. “No public evidence” means nothing public was found at the last check. Citations link to the official text.