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No, 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.
by tremon 5y ago
No, 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.