Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

The Patriot Act and the EU Cloud

Posted by samzenpus on from the lets-see-what-you-got-there dept.

ISoldat53 writes "Gordon Frazer, managing director of Microsoft UK said that the Patriot Act allows government access to data in its cloud services even in Europe. Though he said that 'customers would be informed wherever possible,' he could not provide a guarantee that they would be informed if a gagging order, injunction or U.S. National Security Letter permits it."

4 of 176 comments (clear)

  1. customers would be informed wherever possible by superdave80 · · Score: 3, Informative

    if a gagging order, injunction or U.S. National Security Letter permits it.

    Basically, no one will ever be informed.

  2. it's = it is by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    Quick grammar lesson:
    "government access to data in it's cloud services even in Europe"
    =
    "government access to data in it is cloud services even in Europe"

    The correct word is "its"

  3. Re:Politics making technology useless by Wyatt+Earp · · Score: 1, Informative

    The assertion about 9/11 is completely wrong.

    http://www.fas.org/irp/world/para/docs/980223-fatwa.htm

    AQ's reasons for the Jihad
    1. There are Americans, Christians and "Zionists" in Saudi Arabia
    2. Those groups fought a war against Iraq from Saudi Arabia
    3. There are Christians, Jews and "Zionists" in lands that are "Muslim" like Jerusalem

  4. Re:Politics making technology useless by Wyatt+Earp · · Score: 4, Informative

    Good luck with gay rights, gay marriage, Abortion rights at the national level with Ron Paul as President.