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Microsoft and US-based cloud companies are facing similar "perception issues" (as they phrase it) on the Patriot Act. Unless Congress and the Administration ch
by jdp23 15y ago
Microsoft and US-based cloud companies are facing similar "perception issues" (as they phrase it) on the Patriot Act. Unless Congress and the Administration change their positions, this is going to be an increasing burden on American companies trying to compete internationally.
- fleitz 15y agoDomestically too, I know sales people who sell to US financial institutions who remind prospective clients that competitors store their data in US data centres; thus the institutions' data would be exposed under the Patriot act. It's not just international businesses that have these concerns, any business that serves customers who want their data protected against unreasonable search and seizure have these issues as well.