This is a huge win for anyone hosting data that falls under Japan's very strict privacy and data export restrictions, and shows Linode is definitely competing f

This is a huge win for anyone hosting data that falls under Japan's very strict privacy and data export restrictions, and shows Linode is definitely competing for space in the professional hosting market. Since Linode is a US business, the government can still request data that is hosted on these servers, regardless of Japan's strict privacy restrictions. See, for example: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/igeneration/microsoft-admits-patriot-act-can-access-eu-based-cloud-data/11225 http://www.zdnet.com/blog/igeneration/microsoft-admits-patri... http://www.freedomworks.org/issues/privacy/for-policy-makers/european-union-data-safe-harbor http://www.freedomworks.org/issues/privacy/for-policy-makers... http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-Admits-Handing-over-European-User-Data-to-US-Intelligence-Agencies-215740.shtml http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-Admits-Handing-over-Eu... http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/dutch-government-to-ban-us-providers-over-patriot-act-concerns/58342 http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/dutch-government-to-ban-us-pro... etcetera.