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 the users they should have it 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 "backpacks" to access networks of companies such as GoogleThe Microsoft and Yahoo. However, even if a European citizen chooses his data to be kept on server of Microsoft in Ireland, with base the Patriot Act h NSA could claim them in court. That is why, according to Smith, her initiative companys should be accompanied by an EU agreement. with the US that will prevent this from happening.
Source: kathimerini.gr
