Alison CreeksideAug 21, 2025
Microsoft says it will give up data on Canadian individuals and government and defence that is hosted on Microsoft servers to the US government on request, and they don't have to tell us about it. ๐Ÿ‘€
#cdnpoli #DataSovereignty
https://www.digitaljournal.com/tech-science/microsoft-says-u-s-law-takes-precedence-over-canadian-data-sovereignty/article
Microsoft says U.S. law takes precedence over Canadian data sovereignty

Microsoft representative says US CLOUD Act comes before other country's sovereignty.

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Show threadAlan Langford ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿงค๐ŸงŠๆ‘
@AlisonCreekside It's been right there in the Patriot Act for well over a decade. I moved my hosting company three times because the data centre I was at wound up getting purchased by US based companies. OVH might not be perfect, but they don't operate in the US.
Aug 21, 2025 at 4:53pmWeb
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@alan @AlisonCreekside this is actually about the CLOUD act, which is much worse; it doesn't even require the 'terrorism' pretense to compel data disclosure, any ol subpoena/warrant will do.
Show threadJoe WAug 22, 2025
@ida @alan @AlisonCreekside And people in the field have been warning about this for a decade. At least Microsoft has now made it clear to everybody that they are bound by this.
I will poke my employer. Again. *sigh*