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You’ve left the UK. Your data rights shouldn’t have to.

Bigby gives UK expats and overseas residents private, encrypted cloud storage on UK infrastructure. Your documents stay in the UK, under UK law, accessible from wherever you are in the world.

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Living abroad does not mean your most important documents should be governed by someone else’s laws

Passports, birth certificates, financial records, property documents, tax returns, pension correspondence. The paperwork that anchors your life to the UK does not stop mattering when you move abroad. Where you store it does.

Most expats default to whatever cloud storage they were already using, often a US platform with US servers and US legal exposure. For documents with UK legal significance, that is worth reconsidering. Bigby stores your files in the UK, under UK GDPR, in encrypted form. Accessible from anywhere, protected by UK law, and managed by a service with no commercial reason to read or share them.

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Why where your data lives matters when you live abroad

Cloud storage feels geography-free. It is not. The legal framework governing your data is determined by where the provider is based and where the servers are. For UK nationals abroad, that distinction has real consequences.

US jurisdiction over UK documents

Google Drive, Dropbox, and OneDrive are US companies. Your files, including sensitive UK documents, sit on infrastructure subject to US law. The CLOUD Act gives US authorities a mechanism to compel access to data held by US companies regardless of where it is stored. For documents with UK legal significance, that exposure is worth understanding.

Your UK data rights follow UK law

UK GDPR gives you meaningful rights over how your personal data is stored and processed. Those rights are most straightforwardly enforceable when the provider storing your data is based in the UK and subject to UK law. Storing UK documents with a UK provider on UK infrastructure keeps the legal framework consistent with the documents themselves.

Sensitive documents need proper protection

Passport scans, financial statements, property deeds, and legal correspondence are exactly the kind of documents that cause serious harm if exposed. Standard cloud storage platforms scan what you store and build business models around that access. Bigby does not access the contents of what you store and has no commercial reason to do so.

A single secure home for everything UK-related

Living abroad often means managing a dispersed collection of important documents across email attachments, local drives, and various cloud services. Bigby gives you one encrypted, UK-based location for everything that matters, accessible from any device, in any country, without compromising on security or jurisdiction.

How Bigby works

Unlike the major cloud platforms, Bigby does not scan, analyse, or profit from the files you store. Here is how that works.

01. Encrypted in transit and at rest

Your files are encrypted on the way to us and while they sit on our UK servers, so they are protected in transit and never stored as readable plain text. We hold the encryption keys, which is what allows features like editing documents in your browser to work.

02. No access to file contents

Bigby does not open, scan, or read the contents of what you store. We have no business reason to and our data processing terms prohibit it.

03. No AI training or secondary use

Your stored content is not used for AI training, advertising targeting, or any analysis of any kind. The subscription fee covers the cost of running the service. That is the entire arrangement.

04. No AI training or secondary use

Your stored content is not used for AI training, advertising targeting, or any analysis of any kind. The subscription fee covers the cost of running the service. That is the entire arrangement.

Frequently asked questions

Yes. Bigby works on web and desktop from anywhere in the world. There are no geographic restrictions on access. The files themselves are stored in the UK and governed by UK law, but you can upload, access, and share them from any country on any device without restriction.

Yes. You can share specific files or folders with anyone. For expats managing UK property, estates, financial affairs, or legal matters from abroad, being able to share encrypted documents securely with UK-based advisers is one of the most practical uses of Bigby. Recipients access only what you have shared, and all files remain encrypted throughout.

No. Bigby is available to anyone regardless of where they are based. You do not need a UK address, UK bank account, or UK phone number to sign up. Payment is taken in GBP, annually or monthly, but the service is accessible from anywhere in the world.

Passport and identity documents, birth and marriage certificates, property deeds and tenancy agreements, UK tax records and HMRC correspondence, pension documents, bank statements, wills and power of attorney documents, and NHS and medical records. Anything with UK legal or financial significance that you need to be able to access and share securely from abroad.

The Group plan provides shared encrypted storage for three or more users from £4.99 per user per month. It is well suited to families managing shared documents across multiple locations and countries. Each member has their own access, shared folders can be set up for documents that need to be accessible to more than one person, and everything remains encrypted throughout.

Plans start at £3.99 per month for 100 GB of encrypted storage on annual billing, in GBP. For most expats storing documents rather than large media files, 100 GB is more than sufficient. The Office plan adds document and spreadsheet collaboration from £5.99 per month. Monthly billing is available on every plan, and paying for a year up front gets you two months free. Full pricing is at bigby.cloud/drive/#pricing.

Your UK documents, stored in the UK, accessible wherever you are

Private, encrypted, UK-based cloud storage from £3.99 per month. Built for people who need their most important documents to stay safe, legal, and accessible from anywhere.

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Annual or monthly billing · All prices in GBP · UK data residency · GDPR compliant