[ NNSquad ] Foreign competitors using PATRIOT Act to undermine U.S. cloud computing providers

[Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com>]

Foreign competitors using PATRIOT Act to undermine U.S. cloud computing providers

http://j.mp/v5XCm2  (Politico)

   "Cloud computing is a gold mine for the U.S. tech industry, but
    American firms are encountering resistance from an unexpected enemy
    overseas: the PATRIOT Act.  The Sept. 11-era law was supposed to help
    the intelligence community gather data on suspected terrorists. But
    competitors overseas are using it as a way to discourage foreign
    countries from signing on with U.S. cloud computing providers like
    Google and Microsoft: Put your data on a U.S.-based cloud, they warn,
    and you may just put it in the hands of the U.S. government."

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--Lauren--
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