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> In Germany, this is forbidden by the data protection laws: Does that mean Office 365 is illegal in Germany??
by perryizgr8 6y ago
> In Germany, this is forbidden by the data protection laws:
Does that mean Office 365 is illegal in Germany??
- samoa42 6y agofwiw its gernerally frowned upon, illegal only for use in an official capacity dealing with pii
- WJW 6y agoIt's not so much that Office 365 is illegal as much as it is the storing of GDPR sensitive data in it (ie PII of customers and/or employees) because the German government does not trust Microsoft to not share the data with US spy agencies. (And does not trust the US spy agencies to not share sensitive data with other strategically interesting US companies. America First and all that.)
- wolfgke 6y ago> illegal as much as it is the storing of GDPR sensitive data in it (ie PII of customers and/or employees) A lot of data is GDPR sensitive. Also, if some of the data must not be processed by Office 365, a lot of the advantage of Office 365 disappears.
- WJW 6y agoI know that, but (certainly from the viewpoint of the German government) that is a problem for Microsoft and the Office 365 team, not for Germany and its citizens.