Hosted Email May be More Secure Outside of the U.S
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The White House administration is requesting that the FBI have access to "electronic communication transactional records" without the approval of a judge.
The privacy laws of several European countries are much more restrictive than what is practiced in the U.S. If it becomes U.S. policy to permit easy access to cloud-based, hosted, electronic records (including email), it's possible that we will start to see new offerings for the localization of cloud storage to particular regions outside the U.S. I could even expect to see that some countries would seize an economic opportunity in promoting their own data privacy laws, much like off-shore banking which shields the identities of its customers and their financial holdings.
Technorati Tags: security, cloud, hosted email
The White House administration is requesting that the FBI have access to "electronic communication transactional records" without the approval of a judge.
Many Internet service providers have resisted the government's demands to turn over electronic records, arguing that surveillance law as written does not allow them to do so, industry lawyers say. One senior administration government official, who would discuss the proposed change only on condition of anonymity, countered that "most" Internet or e-mail providers do turn over such data.
The privacy laws of several European countries are much more restrictive than what is practiced in the U.S. If it becomes U.S. policy to permit easy access to cloud-based, hosted, electronic records (including email), it's possible that we will start to see new offerings for the localization of cloud storage to particular regions outside the U.S. I could even expect to see that some countries would seize an economic opportunity in promoting their own data privacy laws, much like off-shore banking which shields the identities of its customers and their financial holdings.
Technorati Tags: security, cloud, hosted email
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