Microsoft plans to become the first US Internet giant to allow non-US citizens to store their data on a server outside the US if they choose it.
This he revealed to them Financial Times o Brad Smith, its general advisor Microsoft, stating that users should have the right to determine where the infrastructure where their personal information is stored is located. The move comes after it was revealed that the US National Security Agency (NSA) used "backdoors" to have access in the networks of companies such as GoogleThe Microsoft and Yahoo. However, even if a European citizen chooses his data to be kept on server Microsoft in Ireland, based on the Patriotic Law NSA could claim them in court. That is why, according to Smith, the company's initiative should be accompanied by an EU agreement. with the US that will prevent this from happening.
Source: kathimerini.gr