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Non-EU vendorPersonal Health & DNAHeadquarters: US

Vitagene: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Vitagene sells at-home tests for nutrition, sleep and health. Its website lists a food sensitivity test, a vitamin D blood test, a sleep and stress test and a DNA health test. You choose a test, receive the kit at home, complete it yourself and view the results online. The company describes the results as informational, not intended to diagnose, treat or prevent medical conditions.

A complaint by the US Federal Trade Commission describes Vitagene (later renamed 1Health.io Inc.) as a Delaware corporation with its office in San Francisco, California. The current website names no place of business, owner or data storage location. Its privacy policy says only that information is shared with hosting providers, analytics tools and testing partners, and that health data is not sold. A US company is subject to the US CLOUD Act. The service is not open source. A European organisation should first have it confirmed where samples and data are processed, and by whom.

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Sovereignty score
27 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign
  • Jurisdiction SOV-210
    Headquartered in the US: CLOUD Act and FISA 702
  • Data residency SOV-350
    Hosting inside and outside Europe (EU, OTHER)
  • Cryptographic key sovereignty SOV-320
    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-615
    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
US (US)Verified by hand
EU adequacy decision
Only for companies individually certified under the EU-US Data Privacy FrameworkVerified 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
vitagene.com ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Vitagene

The European alternatives to Vitagene 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 Vitagene

Vitagene is headquartered in the United States. US vendors fall under the CLOUD Act and FISA 702: US authorities can compel access to data, even when that data sits in a European data centre. That is the core of the jurisdictional exposure in our model.

Vitagene 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.

Vitagene 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 Vitagene 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 Vitagene?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Vitagene 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 Vitagene?

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

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

Vitagene is headquartered in US 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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Sources

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Compliance evidence

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Digital sovereignty in Personal Health & DNA

Personal Health & DNA: Blood testing, preventive health checks, telehealth and consumer DNA tests. 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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