Dos_Box Posted January 31, 2014 Posted January 31, 2014 Seems the EU is not happy with the way the US handles its data protection: EU warns United States: SHAPE UP on data protection OR ELSE
featured_spectre Posted January 31, 2014 Posted January 31, 2014 Allegedly China are also unhappy with how they do business, so it can be a good thing.
X-13 Posted January 31, 2014 Posted January 31, 2014 Seems the EU is not happy with the way the US handles its data protection So the argument against US based cloud storage on the basis of data protection was actually correct...
localzuk Posted January 31, 2014 Posted January 31, 2014 Eek! If they suspend it, that puts a lot of schools in potential hot water!
sparkeh Posted January 31, 2014 Posted January 31, 2014 Eek! If they suspend it, that puts a lot of schools in potential hot water! Was just thinking the same thing *gulp*
Dos_Box Posted January 31, 2014 Author Posted January 31, 2014 Not just schools. LOTS of EU companies have data scattered all over, and I don't think the EU could actually do anything (well, they could) to organisations with data stored 'in the cloud'. It would be too much work to drag it all back and reorganise it. This is like the cookie law IMO. A knee jerk without any or much thought about consequences or implementation.
Oaktech Posted January 31, 2014 Posted January 31, 2014 Ok... so, Re, my other thread about google docs, this is ammo for not using cloud storage, at least not yet!
GeekyPete Posted January 31, 2014 Posted January 31, 2014 Don't forget that the DPA forbits you from sending your data outside the EU unless to a specified list of countries. If it's the US the recipient must have signed up to the Data Safe Harbour scheme.
teejay Posted January 31, 2014 Posted January 31, 2014 Don't forget that the DPA forbits you from sending your data outside the EU unless to a specified list of countries. If it's the US the recipient must have signed up to the Data Safe Harbour scheme. Yes, but the trouble is the US Patriot Act and the NSA trump EU Safe Harbour, so EU Safe Harbour is pretty much a waste of time.
localzuk Posted January 31, 2014 Posted January 31, 2014 Don't forget that the DPA forbits you from sending your data outside the EU unless to a specified list of countries. If it's the US the recipient must have signed up to the Data Safe Harbour scheme. Err... that's what the thread/article is about.
Arthur Posted January 31, 2014 Posted January 31, 2014 Microsoft to offer non-US customers international data storage in the wake of NSA revelations ... although the move is likely to be expensive, customers could choose where their data is stored from a wide range of Microsoft data centers. For example, a customer based in Europe could choose to have their data stored in Microsoft's Ireland data center. "People should have the ability to know whether their data are being subjected to the laws and access of governments in some other country and should have the ability to make an informed choice of where their data resides," Smith said.
nadeem Posted January 31, 2014 Posted January 31, 2014 (edited) Microsoft to offer non-US customers international data storage in the wake of NSA revelations If you are an Office365 user, then my recollection is the JANET version of the agreement already means our data is either in Ireland/Netherlands Maybe @jamesbmarshall can confirm? Edited January 31, 2014 by nadeem
Arthur Posted January 31, 2014 Posted January 31, 2014 If you are an Office365 user, then my recollection is the JANET version of the agreement already means our data is either in Ireland/Netherlands Yeah. I think that was the case back when Office 365 was called Live@edu.
nadeem Posted January 31, 2014 Posted January 31, 2014 My recent agreement that I signed was for the O365 version (have had the live@edu as well)
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