Current:Home > StocksMicrosoft lets cloud users keep personal data within Europe to ease privacy fears -VitalWealth Strategies
Microsoft lets cloud users keep personal data within Europe to ease privacy fears
View
Date:2025-04-17 13:22:22
LONDON (AP) — Microsoft said Thursday that it is upgrading its cloud computing service to let customers store all personal data within the European Union instead of having it flow to the U.S. where national privacy laws don’t exist.
The changes apply to services including Azure, Microsoft 365, Power Platform, and Dynamics 365, the Seattle-based tech company said.
Cloud computing companies have been moving to localize data storage and processing amid tightening requirements in the 27-nation European Union, which has strict data privacy laws.
Brussels and Washington have spent years wrangling over the safety of EU citizens’ data that tech companies store in the U.S. following revelations by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden that the American government eavesdropped on people’s online data and communications.
Microsoft said its “EU Data Boundary solution goes beyond European compliance requirements.” The company has previously pledged that customers wouldn’t have their data moved outside the EU.
Last year, it started storing and processing some data inside Europe. Now it’s expanding that to all personal data, including pseudonymized data found in automated system logs, which are generated automatically when online services run.
Later this year, Microsoft will start making sure technical support data is kept within Europe. It also plans a paid option for initial tech support response from within the EU.
Amazon last year rolled out independent cloud infrastructure for the EU as it looked to address strict regulations that companies and public sector organizations face.
veryGood! (594)
Related
- Small twin
- Lionel Messi, Inter Miami face CF Montreal with record-setting MLS ticket sales
- Oklahoma judge accused of shooting at his brother-in-law’s home
- Faulty insulin pump tech led to hundreds of injuries, prompting app ecall
- Boy who wandered away from his 5th birthday party found dead in canal, police say
- Liam and Olivia are still the most popular US baby names, and Mateo makes his debut on the list
- Beach Boys' Brian Wilson to be placed in conservatorship, judge rules
- Lionel Messi, Inter Miami face CF Montreal with record-setting MLS ticket sales
- Meet 11-year-old skateboarder Zheng Haohao, the youngest Olympian competing in Paris
- From 'The Iron Claw' to 'The Idea of You,' here are 10 movies you need to stream right now
Ranking
- Why we love Bear Pond Books, a ski town bookstore with a French bulldog 'Staff Pup'
- Burger King is offering free Whoppers through a buy one, get one deal for Mother's Day
- Mother's Day 2024 deals and specials for fast food, brunch and dining
- Priyanka Chopra Shares Heartfelt Appreciation Message for Husband Nick Jonas
- Sonya Massey's father decries possible release of former deputy charged with her death
- Storms slam parts of Florida, Mississippi and elsewhere as cleanup from earlier tornadoes continues
- 'It's going to be crazy': Texas woman celebrates rare birth of identical quadruplets
- Truck driver who fatally struck 3 Pennsylvania highway workers fell asleep at the wheel
Recommendation
A South Texas lawmaker’s 15
Betting money for the WNBA is pouring in on Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever
'Beloved' Burbank teacher killed by 25-year-old son during altercation, police say
Eurovision 2024: Grand Final set as Israeli contestant advances in second set of 10
Paige Bueckers vs. Hannah Hidalgo highlights women's basketball games to watch
Rapper NBA YoungBoy is held on $100K bail in Utah prescription fraud case
Civil War General William T. Sherman’s sword and other relics to be auctioned off in Ohio
'It's going to be crazy': Texas woman celebrates rare birth of identical quadruplets