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No, they can't as far as I get it. The american cloud act entitles US law enforcement to serve orders to US companies and their foreign branches. So, if you are
by gostsamo 4y ago
No, they can't as far as I get it. The american cloud act entitles US law enforcement to serve orders to US companies and their foreign branches. So, if you are american with a company in the EU, the important part is that you are an american, not that the company is in a foreign jurisdiction.
- tempestn 4y agoPerhaps Google could license a third party in the EU to host analytics for EU customers?
- gostsamo 4y agoThis is an option. I saw somewhere a news that they might license the entire GCloud to a French provider but I can't remember where and when.
- ohand 4y agoYou're remembering this announcement from last fall: https://www.thalesgroup.com/en/group/investors/press_release/thales-and-google-cloud-announce-strategic-partnership-jointly https://www.thalesgroup.com/en/group/investors/press_release...
- closewith 4y agoYes, specifically the CLOUD (Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data) Act, which was enacted following a case in 2014 where Microsoft refused to hand over emails stored in the EU (Ireland, in that case) on foot of a domestic US warrant. The CLOUD Act expressly brings data stored by US-based companies anywhere in the world under the purview of US warrants and subpoenas. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CLOUD_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CLOUD_Act