<p>+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br />|  Patriot Act vs. the EU's Data Protection Directive<br />|   from the  otherwise-the-terrists-win dept.<br />|   posted by Soulskill on Tuesday July 05,  @14:55 (Cloud)<br />|   <a href="https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/07/05/1840243/Patriot-Act-vs-the-EUs-Data-Protection-Directive?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email">https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/07/05/1840243/Patriot-Act-vs-the-EUs-Data-Protection-Directive?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email</a><br />+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />[0]itwbennett  writes "Last week, Microsoft warned that under the Patriot<br />Act the company  [1]may be compelled to hand over European customers' data<br />on its new cloud  service to U.S. authorities — and [2]also to keep the<br />data transfer secret.  This, of course, runs counter to the European Data<br />Protection Directive,  which states that organizations must inform users<br />when they disclose personal  information. 'Microsoft can already transfer<br />E.U. data to the U.S. under the  Safe Harbor agreement. But legal experts<br />have warned that this agreement is  hardly worth the paper it's written<br />on,' writes IDG News Service's Jennifer  Baker. 'There are seven<br />principles of Safe Harbor, including reasonable data  security, and<br />clearly defined and effective enforcement. However all this is  nullified<br />if the Patriot Act is invoked.'"<br /><br />Discuss this story  at:<br /> <a href="https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/07/05/1840243/Patriot-Act-vs-the-EUs-Data-Protection-Directive?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email#commentlisting">https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/07/05/1840243/Patriot-Act-vs-the-EUs-Data-Protection-Directive?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email#commentlisting</a><br /><br />Links:<br /> 0. <a href="http://www.itworld.com/">http://www.itworld.com/</a><br /> 1. <a href="http://www.itworld.com/government/179977/eu-upset-microsoft-warning-about-us-access-eu-cloud">http://www.itworld.com/government/179977/eu-upset-microsoft-warning-about-us-access-eu-cloud</a><br /> 2. <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>