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Not if they want to comply with existing European privacy law, which the European courts have no problem at all interpreting in maximally draconian form - up to
by Vivtek 11y ago
Not if they want to comply with existing European privacy law, which the European courts have no problem at all interpreting in maximally draconian form - up to and including forbidding access to the European market.
Even if the US government would attempt to force companies to do this, they wouldn't. And as far as I can tell, this bill doesn't force companies to comply, it just holds them harmless should they choose to comply.
- wolfwyrd 11y agoSadly not. The US courts have already ruled that data held in other data centres are fair game for a US warrant [1]. In this case the data is held in the EU (in Dublin, Ireland to be precise) and MS was found in contempt of court for failing to hand the data over [2]. They're still fighting this case now - over a year later - and it's currently in the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals [3]. This means that the precedent is already set. If the company operates in the US and is served a warrant, the US Govt wants ALL of the data WHEREVER it's held. I'm rooting for MS on this one and hope their appeal is upheld. [1] http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/apr/29/us-court-microsoft-personal-data-emails-irish-server http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/apr/29/us-court-m... [2] http://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-refuses-to-hand-over-foreign-data-held-in-contempt-of-court/ http://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-refuses-to-hand-over-... [3] http://www.techweekeurope.co.uk/e-regulation/microsoft-resist-email-handover-176516 http://www.techweekeurope.co.uk/e-regulation/microsoft-resis...