Digital sovereignty: Out of the cloud trap set by US providers!
Your data is in the cloud with AWS, Azure, or Google? Congratulations, then it no longer really belongs to you. Sounds harsh? It is. Welcome to the reality of the CLOUD Act, in which a US court order is enough to disclose all your business secrets - GDPR or not. For years, we have traded convenience for control and placed ourselves in a dangerous situation.
The article discusses the risks of storing data in the cloud with US-based providers such as AWS, Azure, and Google, citing the CLOUD Act, which allows US courts to access data stored anywhere in the world. This poses a conflict with the European General Data Protection Regulation (DSGVO) and has led to concerns about digital sovereignty.
The European Court of Justice's Schrems II ruling in July 2020 confirmed these concerns, invalidating the Privacy Shield agreement between the EU and US. As a result, companies are being advised to consider alternative cloud providers based in Europe, such as OVHcloud, Hetzner, and IONOS, or to adopt a self-hosting approach using open-source software like Proxmox VE to regain control over their data.
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