I've seen Schrems II cited in similar situations, but municipal contracts often predate the latest regulations and are slow to change. Has anyone seen a municipality actually move away from US cloud providers because of these concerns?
Delighted to see more awareness on this - I hadn't seen the mxmap sites before. I believe it will be hand waved away by those with the power to change it, excusing the data as being stored in the EU, or just believing the various 'safe harbour' rules that exist now.
> European municipalities use US cloud services, leaking citizen data to Microsoft, Google and Amazon.
I can't say I'm surprised at all, I've also checked the MX of Swedish municipalities:
85.9% were hosted by American companies, the biggest being Amazon, Microsoft, Google and Cisco
The biggest Swedish hosters were: Telia, Tele2 andAtea
I've seen Schrems II cited in similar situations, but municipal contracts often predate the latest regulations and are slow to change. Has anyone seen a municipality actually move away from US cloud providers because of these concerns?
Delighted to see more awareness on this - I hadn't seen the mxmap sites before. I believe it will be hand waved away by those with the power to change it, excusing the data as being stored in the EU, or just believing the various 'safe harbour' rules that exist now.
I recommend you contact your local data privacy office, as they usually take this quite seriously.
Fill in a formal complaint and watch the slow but inevitable unfold.
> I recommend you contact your local data privacy office, as they usually take this quite seriously.
Just like they usually did. /s