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Microsoft, the USA PATRIOT Act, and European cloud computing

Microsoft, the USA PATRIOT Act, and European cloud computing

By Paul Miller on January 9, 2012

Microsoft announced last month that its Software as a Service (SaaS) offering, Office 365, will better comply with European guidelines to ensure that customer data is adequately protected. This move is certainly welcome, but the long-armed spectre of the USA PATRIOT Act continues to hang over Microsoft and other US companies, regardless of customers’ nationality […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged amazon, cloud computing, data privacy, data protection, data protection act, Data Protection Directive, dpa, European Commission, european data protection, European Union, European Union law, microsoft, Microsoft Office 365, Office 365, Patriot Act, personal privacy, United States | 1 Response

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