Not sovereign: Microsoft cannot guarantee the security of EU data
9 months ago
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- Microsoft France's Chief Legal Officer admitted there's no guarantee EU data won't be transferred to the USA.
- Microsoft can only refuse US data requests if they're formally unfounded, but must comply with valid requests.
- US laws like the CLOUD Act and Patriot Act allow the US government to request data from cloud providers.
- Hyperscalers like AWS and Microsoft are creating EU subsidiaries or on-premises solutions to address sovereignty concerns.
- Open-source competitors like Nextcloud are seeing increased demand due to sovereignty issues.
- The hearing highlights broader EU concerns over US cloud services and data sovereignty.
- A workshop on cloud sovereignty is being offered to help companies develop future-proof IT strategies.