Anthropic has drafted a “German Professional Secrecy Addendum” for lawyers using Claude. EU data residency is coming next. (Dennis Fordan, LinkedIn)
- Anthropic has drafted a German Professional Secrecy Addendum for lawyers using Claude, covering key requirements under German professional confidentiality law including obligations on personnel and subcontractors.
- The catch is that EU data residency is still missing from the roadmap, meaning German law firms cannot directly process client data through Claude without routing through third-party EU endpoints.
- Anthropic confirmed the EU region is next on its roadmap but has given no timeline, putting it on the same legal footing as Microsoft, Google, and AWS once it arrives, not a better one.
