The Swiss privacy regulator Privatim has taken steps to ban Microsoft, Amazon, and Google's American cloud services for government agencies. Data storage

The Swiss privacy regulator Privatim has taken steps to ban Microsoft, Amazon, and Google’s American cloud services for government agencies. Data storage within Switzerland offers no protection against American laws, Privatim argues.

  • Hirom@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    2 hours ago

    Or rather: US lawmakers decided to extend spying powers on US cloud providers operating overseas, thereby scaring away their international customers.

    government agencies are acting unconstitutionally when they entrust sensitive citizen data to providers subject to the US CLOUD Act. The law gives US investigative services access to data, even when it is physically located in Switzerland