Microsoft in particular has for a very long time been seen as a default, "of course they're trustworthy" level contractor. In a non-trivial number of cases that's probably still so. Very few will truly question a choice of the default, "everyone uses them" provider. Suggest something else, though, and suddenly you're taking on a lot of responsibility.

@djbj82

Exactly. There was a lot of news around this last year when Microsoft lawyers conceded in the French and Swiss courts that they could neither deny a Federal request for data nor inform the data owners, but that was pretty obvious from reading the Cloud Act.

I'm curious about whether Trump's presidency has shifted Europe's relationship with the US, or whether it simply took that long to negotiate European bureaucracy or extract an honest answer from MS.

Sensitive Data and Cloud Act: Microsoft France Admits It Cannot Oppose an American Injunction

On June 10th, Microsoft France was heard by the Senate inquiry commission on the effective costs and modalities of public procurement. The company's representat...

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Excellent news, but probably worth remembering that the US Cloud Act came into force in 2018 and our govts have only recently taken precautionary measures.

Wondering whether this a response to digital sovereignty and security or a function of the USA being considered to be more of a hostile state than previously?