Data stored in Canada can be subject to foreign courts, government paper warns

https://halifax.citynews.ca/2025/11/03/data-stored-in-canada-can-be-subject-to-foreign-courts-government-paper-warns/

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A_norny_mousse@feddit.org · 11 pts · 302d (6 replies)

So, to put it blundly, not only should the server be outside of the USA but also the company who runs it? Makes sense to me.

tias@discuss.tchncs.de · 7 pts · 301d (2 replies)

This isn't new. European companies and governments have been avoiding US cloud providers ever since the CLOUD Act was introduced seven years ago.

Nollij@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 301d

For more information on the subject, Microsoft has been fighting this battle, largely unsuccessfully, for years.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Corp._v._United_States

It's also why they had Azure Germany - an instance where they were not actually in control and data could remain sovereign. I believe it's now defunct, or at least restricted.

groet@feddit.org · 1 pts · 301d

Sadly they dont. At least not nearly to the extend that they should be.

sqgl@sh.itjust.works · 0 pts · 302d (2 replies)

Makes sense to me.

I can't make sense of what you wrote.

A_norny_mousse@feddit.org · 4 pts · 302d (1 reply)

One negation too many! Edited, hope it makes more sense now.

sqgl@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 302d

Ah, you mean for Canada data sovereignty.

It still does not make sense. Canada could change the law. Other companies abide by local law.

sommerset@thelemmy.club · 2 pts · 301d

My goodness what an idea