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In a major development for the growing demands from countries around the world that tech companies store data about their citizens on their soil, Microsoft said on Thursday that it would start storing European Union user data in the EU. “If you are a commercial or public sector customer in the EU, we will go beyond our existing data storage commitments and enable you to process and store all your data in the EU,” the company said. While this may not apply to home users of services like Windows and Outlook email, most of Microsoft’s revenue comes from enterprise and business users. “This commitment will apply across all of Microsoft’s core cloud services – Azure, Microsoft 365, and Dynamics 365,” Microsoft President and Chief Legal Officer Brad Smith said in a post on the company’s blog.
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Microsoft Says It Will Let EU Customers Keep Data Inside Bloc
Law360 (May 6, 2021, 10:22 PM EDT) Microsoft committed Thursday to allowing businesses and government entities that use its cloud services in the European Union to store all of their data locally, amid lingering uncertainties about how to legally transfer data outside the bloc.
In a new blog post, Microsoft President and Chief Legal Officer Brad Smith unveiled the EU Data Boundary for the Microsoft Cloud, a plan for the company to go beyond its existing data storage commitments in order to enable commercial and public sector customers in the EU that want to process and store their data within the bloc to do so by the end.
Shutterstock (TNS) Microsoft Corp. may revise a program that shares coding flaws in its products with other companies after a suspected leak led to a sprawling cyber attack against thousands of Microsoft Exchange email clients globally.
The technology giant is weighing how and when to share data with at least some of the 81 participants in the Microsoft Active Protections Program, according to six people familiar with it including existing members who sought anonymity citing a Microsoft non-disclosure agreement. The others requested anonymity because they aren’t authorized to discuss the matter publicly.
MAPP grants some customers information about vulnerabilities in Microsoft’s products and services days or weeks ahead of public disclosure. It is widely regarded by participants as a critical data-sharing tool to defend against potential attacks.
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The leak led to a sprawling cyber-attack against thousands of Microsoft Exchange email clients globally.
Bloomberg | Apr 27, 2021
Kartikay Mehrotra (Bloomberg) Microsoft Corp. may revise a program that shares coding flaws in its products with other companies after a suspected leak led to a sprawling cyber-attack against thousands of Microsoft Exchange email clients globally.
The technology giant is weighing how and when to share data with at least some of the 81 participants in the Microsoft Active Protections Program, according to six people familiar with it including existing members who sought anonymity citing a Microsoft non-disclosure agreement. The others requested anonymity because they aren’t authorized to discuss the matter publicly.