New privacy laws could boost EU cloud industry

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Submission + - New privacy laws could boost EU cloud industry (techworld.com)

Submitted by sweetpea86 on Friday January 27, 2012 @04:30AM

sweetpea86 writes: Cloud providers based in the European market could turn the fear, uncertainty and doubt around data protection and the US Patriot Act to their advantage, according to Andy Burton, chairman of the Cloud Industry Forum. The only way that European companies can absolutely guarantee that their data doesn’t end up in the hands of US authorities is by choosing a provider that not only has a data centre within their jurisdiction, but is also owned by an organisation based in that jurisdiction.

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