Hubitat Elevation is a local solution meaning that all your automations and applications run on your LAN-based Hub. Rule Machine runs locally, so all automation creation, processing, execution and storage is local. Folks who are at all concerned about privacy require a local processing solution. This ensures that data on your home’s smart devices -- your arrival/departure times that activate your smart lock, presence information, and your home address -- are not sent to the cloud. While manufacturers claim that data is encrypted and secure, there’s no assurance that any device is hack-proof. In this case, privacy and security lie in keeping your device data at home.