<p>+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br />|  The Patriot Act and the EU Cloud<br />|   from the lets-see-what-you-got-there  dept.<br />|   posted by samzenpus on Wednesday June 29, @22:14 (Privacy)<br />|    <a href="https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/06/30/0050236/The-Patriot-Act-and-the-EU-Cloud?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email">https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/06/30/0050236/The-Patriot-Act-and-the-EU-Cloud?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email</a><br />+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />ISoldat53  writes "Gordon Frazer, managing director of Microsoft UK said<br />that the  Patriot Act allows government access to data in its cloud<br />services even in  Europe. Though he said that 'customers would be informed<br />wherever possible,'  he could not provide a guarantee that they would be<br />informed if a gagging  order, injunction or U.S. National Security Letter<br />permits  it."<br /><br />Discuss this story at:<br /> <a href="https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/06/30/0050236/The-Patriot-Act-and-the-EU-Cloud?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email#commentlisting">https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/06/30/0050236/The-Patriot-Act-and-the-EU-Cloud?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email#commentlisting</a><br /><br />Links:<br /> 0. <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/blog/igeneration/microsoft-admits-patriot-act-can-access-eu-based-cloud-data/11225">http://www.zdnet.com/blog/igeneration/microsoft-admits-patriot-act-can-access-eu-based-cloud-data/11225</a></p>