Data access under regulatory constraints

A method comprising:

• receiving, via a proxy located in a first geographic jurisdiction, a request for data from a software program, wherein the data is stored in a database located in a second geographic jurisdiction;
• identifying a regulatory constraint that must be enforced on the data stored in the database in the second geographic jurisdiction based on a policy associated with the second geographic jurisdiction, wherein the identifying comprises identifying the second geographic jurisdiction from a location of origin value included in the request and identifying a regulatory policy which is mapped to the location of origin value in a data store of the proxy in the first geographic jurisdiction;
• retrieving, via the proxy in the first geographic jurisdiction, the data requested from a proxy located in the second geographic jurisdiction;
• delivering the data received from the proxy located in the second geographic jurisdiction to the software program;
• and
• executing, via the proxy in the first geographic jurisdiction, an additional action on the data to comply with the regulatory constraint of the second geographic jurisdiction.

A computer program product comprising:

• one or more computer-readable storage media;
• and
• program instructions stored on the one or more computer-readable storage media, that when read by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
• receiving, via a proxy located in a first geographic jurisdiction, a request for data from a software program, wherein the data is stored in a database located in a second geographic jurisdiction;
• identifying a regulatory constraint that must be enforced on the data stored in the database in the second geographic jurisdiction based on a policy associated with the second geographic jurisdiction, wherein the identifying comprises identifying the second geographic jurisdiction from a location of origin value included in the request and identifying a regulatory policy which is mapped to the location of origin value in a data store of the proxy in the first geographic jurisdiction;
• retrieving, via the proxy in the first geographic jurisdiction, the data requested from a proxy located in the second geographic jurisdiction;
• delivering the data received from the proxy located in the second geographic jurisdiction to the software program;
• and
• executing, via the proxy in the first geographic jurisdiction, an additional action on the data to comply with the regulatory constraint of the second geographic jurisdiction.