<story><title>Microsoft admits Patriot Act can access EU-based cloud data (2011)</title><url>http://www.zdnet.com/blog/igeneration/microsoft-admits-patriot-act-can-access-eu-based-cloud-data/11225</url><text></text></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>mosqutip</author><text>&amp;quot;Microsoft cannot provide those guarantees. Neither can any other company.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;The most telling and most important line in the article. Recent days have made it abundantly clear that anyone under US jurisdiction is susceptible to scrutiny and surveillance.</text></comment>
<story><title>Microsoft admits Patriot Act can access EU-based cloud data (2011)</title><url>http://www.zdnet.com/blog/igeneration/microsoft-admits-patriot-act-can-access-eu-based-cloud-data/11225</url><text></text></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>toyg</author><text>Most large European corporations have known this for ages, and it&amp;#x27;s still a big obstacle for cloud offerings here in Europe when dealing with sensitive (or just very bureaucratic) engagements.&lt;p&gt;I know of at least one (massive) US company that had to create a special data centre in the UK to host sensitive financial data for a (massive) bank, because US-based servers were a huge no-no due to Patriot Act. In that case, it was promised that the provider might have to comply with US requests anyway, but would have been entitled to at least notify the client in advance... and I bet there was a huge discount to sweeten the deal.</text></comment>