Concern in the European Union that US data protection laws are too lax may have created a new market for European cloud computing services.
A recent survey indicated that 70% of Europeans have concerns about their online data and how well companies secure it and now two Swedish companies, Severalnines and City Network, have begun promoting their newly merged service as "a safe haven from the reaches of the US Patriot Act". Under the controversial act, data from European users of US-based cloud services can secretly be seized by US law enforcement agencies.
"We believe that a service owned and operated locally in the EU, and fully compliant with EU data protection laws, will be very attractive for European companies. US companies with European operations will also benefit from the lower latency of a locally hosted solution," said City Network chairman Johan Christenson.
This gap in the market is also being exploited by other firms such as DNS Europe, Colt and MESH. The latter strongly promotes its location in Germany and "data separation in strict compliance with German data protection laws".
European legislators are also worried about the protection accorded to personal data held in the cloud.
"It is crucial, for European businesses and users, that the data on the cloud is stored in a safe country," said Philippe Juvin, a Member of the European Parliament.
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Source: techcentral.ie
By: IDG News Service
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