[GenoMax]

Ah I see. As long as local institutional security policies allow that is a good option.

With cloud providers one can never be sure what country the data actually resides in (does Illumina offer any clues/guarantee) and that is always a concern (at least it is, for us).

[kcchan]

BaseSpace uses Amazon's EC2 cloud platform, so all data should be stored in the US.

[GenoMax]

BaseSpace uses Amazon's EC2 cloud platform, so all data should be stored in the US.

Is that explicitly stated in the BaseSpace contract?

EC2 itself is available across the world in various Amazon data centers. (http://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/glob...duct-services/)

BaseSpace "terms of use" broadly states:

You understand and acknowledge that the Data may be transmitted and processed outside of your state or country