Journalist Natalia Drozdiak ’10 Looks at the Historical Context Behind the Growing Tensions Between the United States and Europe over Privacy Rules and Data Transfers

“In some ways, Europe’s focus on the spying potential of American companies calls to mind Americans’ arguments about Chinese companies,” writes Drozdiak, noting that Germany, France, and others are pursuing plans for a “federated cloud,” dubbed Gaia-X, which attempts to create a “European alternative to U.S. cloud providers like Amazon.com Inc. or Microsoft Corp., which are required under the U.S. Cloud Act to grant authorities access to data even if it’s stored abroad.”

Post Date: 09-29-2020