The Dutch government may block bids from US cloud vendors under provisions of the Patriot Act
American cloud providers may find themselves unable to sell to the Dutch government due to concerns that the vendors could be compelled to share data with US authorities under the provisions of the Patriot Act, while similar concerns are being raised in the European Parliament.
Ivo Opstelten, the Dutch minister of security and justice, informed the Tweede Kamer (the Dutch lower house) that the government is contemplating excluding American cloud providers from government bids. Dutch government agencies need to protect government information and citizen data from being accessed by the US, and so bids must be able to meet demands that cloud providers do not hand over any information to the US.
"That basically means that companies form the United States are excluded from such government bids and contracts," Opstelten said in the letter.
Excluding US cloud providers is not official policy yet. However, Vincent van Steen, spokesperson for the ministry of the interior, confirmed that the Dutch government is considering a ban on American cloud providers like Microsoft and Google. "The minister is considering this," he said. "This means that it could be a requirement for tenders and the awarding of contracts."
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Source: computerworld.uk.com
By: Loek Essers
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