# Cloud Zerve is designed to be self-hosted and run on a customer's cloud account. This brings all the security and privacy controls built in with the cloud. **1. Enhanced Data Privacy:** Self-hosting brings in enhanced data privacy controls which means all the sensitive data stays safe and secure **2. Greater Data Security:** Flexibility to add customized data security protocols like breach detection, encryption. **3. Regulatory Compliance:** Store data in your own cloud account in order to stay in line with existing controls and compliancy practices. **4. Data Ownership and Control:** Complete ownership of data such as data retention, backups as per the customer's cloud policy. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.zerve.ai/guide/integrations/cloud.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.