Non-EU vendorDomain Name RegistrarsHeadquarters: BS

Internet.bs: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Internet.bs is an ICANN-accredited domain registrar aimed at end users, resellers and domain investors. The service offers domain name registration and management tools for administering domains and their settings. It is delivered as SaaS over the web.

Internet.bs is a Bahamian registrar, founded in 2003 by Marco Rinaudo. In 2014 CentralNic acquired the business, including its customer base, registrar software and brand. CentralNic, headquartered in London and listed on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange, has been called Team Internet Group since 2023. The ultimate owner is therefore located in the United Kingdom. The service is not open source. For a European organisation this means a non-EU provider: the United Kingdom is outside the EU, and the contracting party is based in the Bahamas. The sources consulted do not state where customer data is hosted, so confirm this with the provider.

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Sovereignty score

42 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign

Jurisdiction SOV-250
Headquartered outside the EU (BS)
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	BS (OTHER)Verified by hand
Ultimate parent company	GBVerified 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	Domain Name Registrars
Type	Product
Website	internet.bs ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Internet.bs

The European alternatives to Internet.bs 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 Internet.bs

Internet.bs is headquartered in BS, 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 GB. Foreign control undermines part of the certainty a European headquarters offers.

Internet.bs 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.

Internet.bs 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 Internet.bs 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 Internet.bs?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Internet.bs include 101domain, Afnic and Aruba Domains. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Internet.bs?

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

Is Internet.bs GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

Internet.bs is headquartered in BS (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

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 5, 2026.

Sources

Public sources used in the latest check of this record.

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Compliance evidence

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