Video Conferencing

Video meeting and webinar platforms for remote teams, client calls, and company-wide presentations. European video conferencing tools route your calls through EU-based media servers with strong encryption, ensuring that meeting content and participant metadata never leave European jurisdiction.

What to Look For

HD video and audio calls
Screen sharing
Meeting recording
Virtual backgrounds
Breakout rooms

GDPR Considerations

Video conferencing captures some of the most intimate business data imaginable: face-to-face conversations, screen shares of confidential documents, and recorded meetings that may contain sensitive personnel or client discussions. Under GDPR, this audiovisual data is personal data, and call recordings constitute particularly sensitive processing. When your video calls are routed through US-owned infrastructure, meeting metadata and recordings may be accessible to foreign authorities under the CLOUD Act. European video conferencing providers process all media streams through EU-based servers, ensuring that your call content, participant lists, chat logs, and recordings remain under GDPR protection. Many also offer end-to-end encryption, so even the service provider cannot access the content of your calls.

How to Choose

With 4 European video conferencing options available, choosing the right one depends on your priorities. Here's a quick guide:

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On a budget or just exploring

Whereby, Wire, eyeson, sipgate offer free tiers

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Need code transparency or self-hosting

Wire is open source

Enterprise procurement requirements

Wire holds ISO 27001

Specific data residency requirements

Data hosted in Germany, Austria

European Video Conferencing Software

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Whereby

Browser-based video meetings, no downloads needed

Free
Oslo
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Wire

End-to-end encrypted collaboration platform

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Zug
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eyeson

Low-bandwidth cloud video conferencing from Austria

Free
Graz
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sipgate

German VoIP and business communication platform

Free
Dusseldorf
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Video Conferencing — Frequently Asked Questions

Is Zoom safe to use for confidential business meetings in the EU?
Zoom is a US company subject to the CLOUD Act and FISA Section 702. While Zoom offers some data routing controls, the company has faced criticism for routing calls through Chinese servers and for its initial lack of end-to-end encryption. Even with recent improvements, Zoom's infrastructure spans multiple jurisdictions and its meeting metadata is processed under US law. For confidential discussions involving personal data, trade secrets, or regulated information, an EU-based video conferencing provider offers stronger legal protection and clearer data sovereignty.
Does recording a video call create additional GDPR obligations?
Yes, recording a video call significantly increases your GDPR responsibilities. A recording captures biometric data (faces and voices), names, and potentially sensitive discussion content. You must inform all participants before recording begins and have a lawful basis for the processing. Under GDPR, you also need to define a retention period and ensure recordings are stored securely. With a European provider, recordings stay on EU servers. With a US provider, those recordings are subject to US jurisdiction, creating additional legal exposure for data that is inherently difficult to anonymize.
Can European video conferencing tools handle large meetings and webinars?
European platforms have scaled considerably. Solutions like Wire support business meetings with robust security, while tools like Whereby offer simple browser-based calls for up to 200 participants without requiring software installation. For large-scale webinars, some European providers integrate with streaming infrastructure entirely hosted within the EU. While the maximum participant counts may differ from Zoom's 1,000-person webinars, the vast majority of business meetings involve fewer than 50 people, a range where European tools perform comparably.
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