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Non-EU vendorPersonal Health & DNAHeadquarters: HK

CircleDNA: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

CircleDNA is a consumer DNA test with a health focus. The test produces reports on topics such as diet, fitness, disease risk, traits and ancestry. The website says the test uses next-generation sequencing; Prenetics has described CircleDNA in the press as a test based on whole-exome sequencing. Customers order a home kit and receive their reports online, together with a phone consultation with a genetic counsellor or health coach. The website lets visitors choose from various European countries, with prices in euros or pounds.

CircleDNA is a subsidiary of Prenetics, a genomics company headquartered in Hong Kong and listed on Nasdaq, so it sits outside the EU and EFTA. The website does not say where samples are analysed or where data is stored; the company states that it is ISO 27001 accredited. The service is not open source and cannot be self-hosted. Because genetic data is involved, a European organisation or individual should ask where processing takes place and on what basis data is transferred to Hong Kong.

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Sovereignty score
42 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign
  • Jurisdiction SOV-250
    Headquartered outside the EU (HK)
  • Data residency SOV-350
    Hosting inside and outside Europe (EU, OTHER)
  • Cryptographic key sovereignty SOV-340
    Key management with a non-European vendor
  • Freedom from lock-in SOV-640
    Closed source: switching requires data migration
  • Source & runtime sovereignty SOV-4 · SOV-630
    Closed source, runtime with the vendor

SOV codes: the matching objective in the European Commission's Cloud Sovereignty Framework. Official source

How the score is calculated

Facts and evidence

Last checked October 5, 2026
Headquarters
HK (OTHER)Verified by hand
EU adequacy decision
No — no adequacy decisionVerified by hand
Sovereignty model
Vendor-hosted (non-EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting
EU, OTHERVerified by hand
Open-source
NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant
YesVendor-stated
Category
Personal Health & DNA
Type
Product
Website
circledna.com ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to CircleDNA

The European alternatives to CircleDNA come from our knowledge base of over 6,800 vendors. We only list vendors headquartered in the EU or the EEA; fully European-owned vendors rank before vendors with a foreign owner. For each alternative you see the country, the open-source status and a short description.

Score per alternative: 0 = high exposure, 100 = sovereign

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Why digital sovereignty matters with CircleDNA

CircleDNA is headquartered in HK, outside the EU. Contracts and data therefore also fall under non-European law. The GDPR applies through contractual terms, but in a conflict with local legislation you have less certainty than with a European vendor.

CircleDNA hosts data in EU, OTHER. Exactly what stays within the EU — and what does not — is defined by the vendor's data processing agreement and sub-processor list, not by a setting you control yourself; check those documents for the precise scope, including backups, logs and support access.

CircleDNA is closed source and hosted by the vendor. The encryption keys and the runtime sit with the vendor and switching requires data migration. Ask about bring-your-own-key, export options and open standards.

What this means for your organisation depends on your whole stack and context. The free assessment weighs CircleDNA together with your other vendors and gives a total score, a heatmap and the main risk drivers.

Frequently asked questions

What is the best European alternative to CircleDNA?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to CircleDNA include 24Genetics, 7Mind and Aware. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to CircleDNA?

Our list of EU alternatives to CircleDNA is mostly commercial options. Browse the category on the map for open-source choices.

Is CircleDNA GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

CircleDNA is headquartered in HK (OTHER) and hosts data in EU, OTHER. The vendor states it is GDPR-compliant, but the data falls under non-EU jurisdiction. For full EU data residency the EU alternatives on this page usually offer more certainty.

Details and sources

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Compliance evidence

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