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Nationality in the cloud: US clashes with Microsoft over seizing data from abroad
Microsoft and the US government are facing off in the second circuit court of appeals over the tech giant’s continuing refusal to hand over emails related to a narcotics case from a Hotmail account hosted in Ireland in 2013. Microsoft argues that its data should be protected by the laws of the land where its servers are located – a decision that will have major ramifications for cloud computing no matter which way it goes.
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There's a principle in diplomacy called reciprocity
If the US government insists that data hosted abroad should be handed over, this means any country out there can also request data hosted in US or face sanctions. Microsoft is actually protecting the US government from it's own shortsightedness.