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Non-EU vendorVideo StreamingHeadquarters: GB

DAZN: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

DAZN is a sports streaming platform operated by DAZN Limited, whose registered office is in London, United Kingdom. It offers live sport and on-demand sports content as an online streaming service in several countries. Subscribers access it through the vendor's website and services.

DAZN Group is majority-owned by Access Industries, a privately held US industrial group founded in 1986 by Len Blavatnik. The company is British, but its majority owner is based in the United States. The privacy notice allows personal data to be processed in any country where the company, its group entities or third parties operate, and it names the USA as a transfer destination, without naming hosting locations. The notice does not refer to the GDPR by name, so a European organisation should check the transfer terms before subscribing.

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Sovereignty score
32 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign
  • Jurisdiction SOV-250
    Headquartered outside the EU (GB)
  • Data residency SOV-30
    No hosting in Europe (OTHER, US)
  • 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

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Facts and evidence

Last checked October 10, 2026
HeadquartersGB (OTHER)Verified by hand
Ultimate parent companyUSVerified by hand
EU adequacy decisionYes — found adequate by the European CommissionVerified by hand
Sovereignty modelVendor-hosted (non-EU)Verified by hand
Data hostingOTHER, USVerified by hand
Open-sourceNoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliantNoVendor-stated
CategoryVideo Streaming
TypeProduct
Websitedazn.com ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to DAZN

The European alternatives to DAZN 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 DAZN

DAZN is headquartered in GB, 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. The ultimate owner is based in US. Foreign control undermines part of the certainty a European headquarters offers.

DAZN hosts data outside the EU (OTHER, US). Personal data therefore leaves the EU, which requires a transfer mechanism under the GDPR and pulls the data residency score down.

DAZN 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 DAZN 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 DAZN?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to DAZN include Accedo, ADN and Antena Play. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to DAZN?

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

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

DAZN is headquartered in GB (OTHER) and hosts data in OTHER, US. Its GDPR compliance is limited or unclear. For full EU data residency the EU alternatives on this page usually offer more certainty.

Details and sources

Verified by handHeadquarters, owner, hosting locations and licence have been checked by us against public sources. Free of charge and for every vendor, not a paid label. Nothing in this knowledge base is taken over automatically. Last checked on October 10, 2026.

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Compliance evidence

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Digital sovereignty in Video Streaming

Video Streaming: Video streaming services — movies, series, live TV. In this category the choice of vendor determines who has legal access to your data, where that data lives and how easily you can switch later.

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