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title: "Healthcare (HDS) compliance activation"
description: "Find out how to enable the option for hosting healthcare data on your Public Cloud project"
url: https://docs.ovhcloud.com/en/guides/public-cloud/cross-functional/activate-hds-certification
lang: en
lastUpdated: 2024-03-28
---
# Healthcare (HDS) compliance activation

## Objective

To make your Public Cloud infrastructure and platforms compliant with [healthcare data hosting](https://www.ovhcloud.com/en-gb/enterprise/certification-conformity/hds/) in France, they must necessarily be certified as a healthcare data hosting provider (HDS).

OVHcloud Public Cloud services are HDS certified for certain activities listed in the [certification reference](https://esante.gouv.fr/labels-certifications/hds/certification-des-hebergeurs-de-donnees-de-sante) of the French Digital Health Agency.

The list of certified OVHcloud products is available on the page “[OVHcloud products HDS certification](/en/guides/account-and-service-management/account-information/hds-certification.md)”.

**Find out how to enable the option for hosting healthcare data on your Public Cloud project**

## Requirements

- You must have signed up to the [Business or Enterprise level of support](https://www.ovhcloud.com/en-gb/support-levels/) for your OVHcloud account.


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### OVHcloud Control Panel Access

- **Direct link:** <ManagerLink to="/#/pci/projects">Public Cloud Projects</ManagerLink>
- **Navigation path:** <code className="action">Public Cloud</code> > Select your project

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## Instructions

### Enabling the HDS option when creating a new Public Cloud project

Create a new Public Cloud project.

If you have subscribed to the Business or Enterprise support level, you can then tick the `Healthcare data hosting and HDS certification for this project` box.

You will then have access to the special conditions for hosting healthcare data. Check the information and tick the box next to it. Click `Continue
` to finish creating your project. The services in this project will be HDS certified, in accordance with the contractual conditions.
![activate HDS new project](/images/public-cloud/cross-functional/activate-hds-certification/hds-new-project.png)
### Enabling the HDS option on an existing Public Cloud project

Select the Public Cloud project for which you would like the services to be HDS certified.

Click `Settings
`. If you have subscribed to the Business or Enterprise support level, you can then tick the `Healthcare data hosting and HDS certification for this project`
 box.
You will then have access to the special conditions for hosting healthcare data.

Review the information and check the box for accepting the contracts. Finally, click `Update
` to finalize the HDS certification process for your project, in accordance with the contractual conditions.
![activate HDS existing project](/images/public-cloud/cross-functional/activate-hds-certification/hds-current-project1.png)
## Go further

[Public Cloud documentation](/en/guides/public-cloud/compute/overview.md)

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