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Most companies I know (and/or have worked for) pay a lot of attention to where exactly their stuff is being hosted, partly due to GDPR. It might not be a Europe
by codethief 2y ago
Most companies I know (and/or have worked for) pay a lot of attention to where exactly their stuff is being hosted, partly due to GDPR. It might not be a Europe-native hoster but in most cases it will still be a data center in Europe (operated by AWS/Azure/GCP).
- senand 2y agoWhich doesn't protect these companies. The CLOUD act allows the US to access the data even if hosted outside of the US, if it's a US company - since 2018. That has been a looming threat ever since, but is now more perilous than ever.
- codethief 2y agoI think this article provides a more balanced perspective: https://www.linklaters.com/insights/blogs/digilinks/2019/september/us-cloud-act-and-gdpr-is-the-cloud-still-safe https://www.linklaters.com/insights/blogs/digilinks/2019/sep...
- jeffrallen 2y agoYou and your colleagues probably need to learn more about the CLOUD Act, because it has changed the rules you thought you were operating under. A useful resource: https://www.csis.org/analysis/cloud-act-and-transatlantic-trust https://www.csis.org/analysis/cloud-act-and-transatlantic-tr...