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Spooked By Lax U.S. Data Privacy, European Firms Build Their Own Cloud Services (readwriteweb)
A few recent legal developments affecting U.S. online privacy have rightfully
troubled privacy advocates and civil libertarians on American soil. In
addition to the Patriot Act's relaxed regulation of law enforcement's access
to private data, recent court rulings have made it clear that U.S. authorities
can secretly request data from tech companies without the user ever knowing.
If this seems objectionable from the standpoint of U.S. citizens, imagine how
it looks to outsiders who are storing their data there. Some European
companies who do business with U.S. technology companies are concerned enough
to start looking elsewhere for infrastructure.
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Cloudnines and City Network are two Swedish firms that are trying to make the
most of European discomfort with the state of online data privacy in the U.S.
They're collaborating to build a database-as-service solution that is hosted
on servers in Sweden, far from the prying eyes of U.S. law enforcement.
The new service allows companies to easily deploy and manage database
instances in the cloud while still delivering products to consumers in such a
way that complies with EU data protection laws.
A recent survey indicated that 70% of Europeans have concerns about their
online data and how ...
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