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But, due to American intelligence agencies explicit access to overseas data (Schrems II), any such service by an American company can't meet the requirements se
by brnt 5y ago
But, due to American intelligence agencies explicit access to overseas data (Schrems II), any such service by an American company can't meet the requirements set forth by the EU, and thus can be considered illegal for any practical purpose.
- bryanrasmussen 5y agoAs I understand the ruling though this pertains to the fact that data is transferred to the U.S, it may be that if they changed to just using servers in the EU it would still be declared illegal but a new case would have to go through to make this declaration?
- tremon 5y agoNo, the CLOUD act was created specifically because Microsoft previously denied to comply with a US court order on the basis that the data was stored in Ireland. The US chose to compel a national company to produce the data instead of using an international data request, and as a result no US-based company can comply with the GDPR. https://cdt.org/insights/microsoft-ireland-case-can-a-us-warrant-compel-a-us-provider-to-disclose-data-stored-abroad/ https://cdt.org/insights/microsoft-ireland-case-can-a-us-war... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Corp._v._United_States#Supreme_Court https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Corp._v._United_Stat...
- bryanrasmussen 5y agoah thanks, now I understand. Well looks like Google's screwed then.