> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://guides.clickatell.com/release-notes/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://guides.clickatell.com/release-notes/release-notes-archive/2024-release-notes/q3-2024/channel-updates/whatsapp-data-localization.md). # WhatsApp: Data Localization Date released: 29 August 2024 Cloud API Local Storage allows clients to control where their message data is stored at rest. If a company is in a regulated industry such as finance, government, or healthcare, they may prefer to have message data stored in a specific country when at rest, due to these regulatory requirements or company policies. Clickatell now supports data localization, which means: * With any **new** WhatsApp number that a client registers, they can select the country where their data at rest should be hosted. This is specified per number. * Clients have the following options to select from: * **APAC**: India, Singapore, Indonesia, South Korea, Japan, Australia * **LATAM**: Brazil * **MEA**: South Africa, Bahrain, UAE * **Europe**: EU (Germany), UK, Switzerland * **NORAM**: Canada, USA * Once selected, clients cannot change the locale again. * If nothing is selected, **Germany** is selected as the default. {% hint style="info" %} For more information, please reference [this page](https://developers.facebook.com/docs/whatsapp/cloud-api/overview/local-storage/) by Meta. {% endhint %}