Microsoft cloud system wins EU privacy regulators’ approval
FT April 10, 2014 By James Fontanella-Khan in Brussels
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“The EU’s data protection authorities have found that Microsoft’s enterprise cloud contracts meet the high standards of EU privacy law,” Brad Smith, Microsoft’s General Counsel, said on Thursday.
“Other companies talk about their commitment to comply with EU privacy law – but we’ve enshrined that commitment in our contracts.”
The approval granted by the EU’s privacy watchdogs is significant for #Microsoft as its cloud operation will not be affected if the EU decides to go ahead and scrap a key EU-US data transfer agreement.
“Should the EU suspend the Safe Harbour Agreement with the US, as called for recently by the European Parliament, our enterprise customers won’t need to worry that their use of our cloud services on a worldwide basis will be interrupted or curtailed,” said Mr Smith.
Microsoft consumer services, however, remain the subject of an investigation which started in 2012.
Microsoft to shield foreign users’ data
FT January 22, 2014 By James Fontanella-Khan in Brussels and Richard Waters in San Francisco (#paywall)
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