EU Warns Cloud Customers of Data Surveillance by U.S.
The European Parliament published a new study prepared by the Centre D'Etudes Sur Les Conflits and the Centre for European Policy Studies that raises concerns of cloud data surveillance.
The European Parliament published a new study prepared by the Centre D'Etudes Sur Les Conflits and the Centre for European Policy Studies that raises concerns of cloud data surveillance. Titled "Fighting cyber crime and protecting privacy in the cloud", the document pays special attention the current legal framework of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), which grants U.S. authorities the right to monitor the data of non-U.S. residents and organizations.
In its recommendation, the document authors write that the European Parliament should consider "amending the [data protection] Regulation to require prominent warnings to individual data subjects" and that "no data subject should be left unaware if sensitive data about them is exposed to a 3rd country's surveillance apparatus."
"The EU should open new negotiations with the US for recognition of a human right to privacy which grants Europeans equal protections in US courts," the document concludes.
Slate recently quoted William Kennard, U.S. ambassador to the European Union, stating that fears of mass surveillance are unwarranted. According to Kennard, all law enforcement and national security investigations require legal and judicial permission, which FISA, however, explicitly circumvents for non-Americans.
As long as FISA remains unchanged, there is little that the U.S. government can do to alleviate any fears that data will be monitored.
I mean, really... With a warrant they have access to pretty much everything on a server from a 3rd party company. Thing is, we're supposed to trust that, information in their hands is being used for the 'greater good'.
Cheers!
In the name of security of freedom!
(sometimes makes sense, if you don't think or ask)
I mean, really... With a warrant they have access to pretty much everything on a server from a 3rd party company. Thing is, we're supposed to trust that, information in their hands is being used for the 'greater good'.
Cheers!
Meh, it's just another (trans-,multi-)national pissing contest if anything.
In the name of security of freedom!
(sometimes makes sense, if you don't think or ask)
We need to start giving it away quickly before it grows
the cloud is about mining your data - that is its corporate purpose
I think the point the EU is raising is that they don't need a warrant for non-US citizens which 'FISA.. explicitly circumvents for non-Americans.'
Yes, people and I included expect that my data is private and secure e.g. in Microsoft Cloud.
However, if you are competent and take the steps necessary to store your data securely (backup Blu-Ray burned discs placed in a home fire-proof safe or bank safe deposit box for example), there is no reason to look to somewhere else to store your information and trust them to do so securely.
Ever heard of mapping IP addresses to countries (and ISPs)?
Yes, I also know many US citizens who live in foreign countries and plenty of non-US citizens who live in the US. I was one of those until a few years ago ...