CAVOK@lemmy.world to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 28 days agoShould Europe wean itself off US tech?www.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square18linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squarelime!@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·28 days agomicrosoft alone has like 25 datacenters in the EU.
minus-squareGloria@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·28 days agoThey do not mean anything if they are not GDPR Business compliant. They can not guarantee the inaccessability by us gov branches. The EU needs solutions independent off the haircolor of the next US President.
minus-squareWhatAmLemmy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-228 days agoBut they are a US company and US law can subpoena EU data without EU gov authorisation, so the fact their DC’s are in the EU is basically irrelevant. Should the EU use Russian or Chinese DC’s based in the EU?
microsoft alone has like 25 datacenters in the EU.
They do not mean anything if they are not GDPR Business compliant. They can not guarantee the inaccessability by us gov branches. The EU needs solutions independent off the haircolor of the next US President.
But they are a US company and US law can subpoena EU data without EU gov authorisation, so the fact their DC’s are in the EU is basically irrelevant.
Should the EU use Russian or Chinese DC’s based in the EU?