CIOs the world over who do business with US. do so under the. US Patriot Act. As a US. company, the data it manages may be accessed by the US government. Amazon uses the US Safe Harbor provisions to notify customers. The risk is when Cloud providers are bound to keep details of data transfers secret. Cloud services are increasingly using Cloud services to help enterprise IT strategies, be that moving old hardware off the books, or helping to manage risks in mergers and acquisitions.”]