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Microsoft's ICC email block reignites European data sovereignty concerns


Why Microsoft's rhetoric on protecting European users from US government actions does not quite ring true

Suggesting that Microsoft is ‘critically dependent on sustaining the trust of customers, countries, and government across Europe’, anyone leaving his session with EU leaders should have reasonably felt buoyed up by his words; but might also have sensibly awaited evidence of the commitments being applied in practice before relying upon them. Concerns that US hyperscalers might be subjected to pressure from US authorities to disclose information have existed for some time but have been broadly assuaged by repeated promises and commitments from Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), and Microsoft that they would resist such requests and protect their customers. By: Caroline Donnelly Takeda opens innovation centre in Bengaluru IAM: Enterprises face a long, hard road to improve ERP firms target carbon reporting role

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