Cloud Computing: Microsoft Azure, Office 365 Get EU Privacy Approval
April 14, 2014
Grazed from RPCMag. Author: Kurt Mackie.
Some of Microsoft’s cloud-based services have been endorsed by the European Union’s Data Protection Authorities (DPAs) as meeting EU privacy law standards. According to an announcement on Thursday by Microsoft, the 28 DPAs issued a joint letter on April 2 (PDF) signifying approval. The DPAs represent local authorities within the European Union that oversee privacy protections for data services.
Products such as "Microsoft Azure, Office 365, Microsoft Dynamics CRM and Windows Intune" have met privacy standards for transferring data outside the European Union, according to Brad Smith, Microsoft’s general counsel and executive vice president of Legal and Corporate Affairs. Microsoft plans to ensure compliance by issuing standard agreements with its EU enterprise customers, starting on July 1…
Smith didn’t mention some of Microsoft’s consumer services, such as Office.com. Microsoft’s biannually released Law Enforcement Requests reports typically show consumer services as being the most subject to government legal investigatory processes…
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