Common Hosting Problem
GDPR Compliant UK Web Hosting - Your Data Stays in the UK
UK GDPR compliance starts with where your data is hosted. Glitch Servers keeps your website data on UK servers with no overseas transfers. From £2.99/mo.
UK GDPR compliance starts with where your data is hosted. Glitch Servers keeps your website data on UK servers with no overseas transfers. From £2.99/mo.
You're Not Alone
GDPR compliant web hosting in the UK from Glitch Servers ensures your website data - contact form submissions, customer records, CMS content, and email communications - stays on UK-based servers with no transfer to overseas data centres. UK GDPR (retained EU law post-Brexit) imposes requirements on UK businesses around how and where personal data is processed and stored. When a UK business hosts its website with a US, EU, or offshore provider, customer data submitted through contact forms, booking systems, and ecommerce checkouts is processed and stored in that overseas jurisdiction - creating data transfer compliance obligations. Hosting with Glitch Servers eliminates this by keeping all data on UK-based infrastructure. Our servers are located in the UK, operated by a UK company, routed through UK network infrastructure (AS212868, LINX/LONAP), and subject to UK data protection law. Every plan includes free SSL for encrypted data transmission, daily automatic backups backups, and UK-based support.
Why This Happens
Many UK businesses default to the cheapest or most recognised hosting provider without considering data geography. US-based hosting providers (GoDaddy, Bluehost, HostGator, Cloudways) process UK customer data on US servers by default. EU providers process data under EU GDPR jurisdiction, which may not align with post-Brexit UK GDPR requirements. The ICO (Information Commissioner's Office) expects businesses to understand and disclose where personal data is processed.
The Real Cost
This isn't just a technical inconvenience - it has measurable effects on your business.
ICO enforcement risk from processing UK customer personal data on overseas servers without appropriate transfer safeguards documented and disclosed.
Enterprise contract requirements for UK data residency that cannot be met with overseas hosting - blocking deals with corporate and public sector clients.
The reputational and legal exposure of a data breach involving personal data stored overseas, where UK enforcement is complicated by jurisdictional issues.
Hosting UK customer data overseas without appropriate safeguards (Standard Contractual Clauses or adequacy decisions) exposes businesses to ICO enforcement action. For B2B businesses, enterprise clients increasingly require UK data residency as a contractual term. In regulated sectors - healthcare, finance, legal services, education - overseas data hosting can breach sector-specific regulatory requirements beyond GDPR.
The Solution
Glitch Servers hosts your website on UK-based servers operated by a UK company, with all data remaining in the UK. AS212868 routes traffic through UK-native infrastructure. Free SSL encrypts all data in transit. Daily backups store encrypted snapshots on UK infrastructure. Our support team is UK-based. For businesses that need to document data processing geography, Glitch Servers can provide a Data Processing Agreement.
What You Get
Infrastructure built to prevent these problems - not patch them after the fact.
All hosting infrastructure is located in the UK, operated by a UK-registered company. Customer data stays in the UK - no cross-border transfer.
Let's Encrypt SSL is included free on every plan. All data transmitted between your visitors and the server - form submissions, login credentials, checkout data - is encrypted.
automatic backups runs daily automated backups stored on UK infrastructure. Backup data does not leave the UK.
For businesses that require a formal DPA documenting Glitch Servers' role as a data processor, contact our support team to request one.
One-Click Installs
WordPress with GDPR plugins (WP GDPR Compliance, CookieYes) installed via the one-click installer provides a solid foundation for UK GDPR compliance on your website.
All Glitch Servers Enhance Panel plans include one-click installation for WordPress, WooCommerce, and Joomla - free with every hosting plan.
Pricing
Two straightforward plans - no hidden fees, no renewal price hikes. Cancel anytime.
For sole traders and individuals
1 CPU core · 1GB RAM · 25 Entry Processes
Ideal for a sole trader in a regulated profession (healthcare, legal, financial) who needs UK data residency for client data.
Switch Today →For small businesses with a growing web presence
2 CPU cores · 2GB RAM · 50 Entry Processes
Best for a small business targeting enterprise or public sector clients who require UK data residency contractually.
Switch Today →All plans include Enhance Panel, one-click WordPress/WooCommerce install, free SSL, and UK-based support. Free migration included for all new customers. Prices exclude VAT.
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