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This the obvious result of the CLOUD Act vs the rights of people who aren't Americans. The CLOUD act is built on the presumption that non-americans don't have
by olliej 5y ago
This the obvious result of the CLOUD Act vs the rights of people who aren't Americans.
The CLOUD act is built on the presumption that non-americans don't have the right to privacy, and so it includes language to the effect of "you must provide data that you or your subsidiaries have access to".
This means Akamai storing data on EU servers is not sufficient (Akamai has access to the data), nor is an EU-based Akamai subsidiary sufficient because the US parent company is required to pass data from their subsidiaries to the US gov.
This is a direct result not of EU over-regulation (which I'll admit, they love), but the US government deciding that every company that works overseas should be an extension of their intelligence services.