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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."

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  1. 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.