European cloud providers stand to benefit from EU data protection proposals, says Andy Burton, chairman of the Cloud Industry Forum (CIF) The main concern is to do with a clash between amendments to the EU Data Protection Act and the US Patriot Act, which enables authorities to search telephone, email, and financial records without a court order. Burton said that, while there is a risk that sovereign law could come into conflict with the new EU legislation, that risk has been greatly over-exaggerated. The only way that European companies can 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.”]
Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2130810/new-privacy-laws-could-boost-eu-cloud-industry.html