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Microsoft May Halt the Expansion of a UK Datacenter Due To Brexit

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    #21
    Originally posted by SueEllen View Post
    Poor squirrel.

    You shouldn't suggest animal cruelty.
    yeah don't want the poor thing to starve to death
    Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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      #22
      It wasn't fake news, a Microsoft manager did say they might shift operations, but the offficial company position is they haven't made a decision.

      Brexit: Microsoft is latest major company to threaten to pull business from the UK | The Independent

      It's pretty clear they're thinking about it.

      Well done AtW, you got it right.

      I'm alright Jack

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        #23
        Originally posted by BlasterBates View Post
        Well done AtW, you got it right.


        If UK is outside of EU then EU companies can't hold personal data of EU citizens here unless UK gets to be part of EU-US Privacy shield framework, how long would that take to achieve?

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          #24
          Originally posted by BlasterBates View Post
          It wasn't fake news, a Microsoft manager did say they might shift operations, but the offficial company position is they haven't made a decision.

          Brexit: Microsoft is latest major company to threaten to pull business from the UK | The Independent

          It's pretty clear they're thinking about it.

          Well done AtW, you got it right.

          A Microsoft "Manager" eh?

          A bit akin to relying on the gossip supplied by the cleaner
          The Chunt of Chunts.

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            #25
            My previous client already decided to open a datacentre in Germany in stead of the UK back in July, because of the outcome of the Brexit referendum

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              #26
              Originally posted by AtW View Post


              If UK is outside of EU then EU companies can't hold personal data of EU citizens here ...
              Seeing as many large international companies in the UK, including banks and building societies, route their Internet traffic via servers in places like Bulgaria I doubt if that will be any problem in practice.
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                #27
                Originally posted by OwlHoot View Post
                Seeing as many large international companies in the UK, including banks and building societies, route their Internet traffic via servers in places like Bulgaria I doubt if that will be any problem in practice.
                And this is regulated by which EU law?

                Internet routing can happen via Iran if they feel like playing with BGP.

                Bulgaria is part of EU anyway, try harder.

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                  #28
                  Originally posted by OwlHoot View Post
                  Seeing as many large international companies in the UK, including banks and building societies, route their Internet traffic via servers in places like Bulgaria I doubt if that will be any problem in practice.
                  Routing traffic is one thing, holding data is another entirely.

                  Bulgaria has actually implemented the EU Data Protection Directive anyway, so are regarded as providing protection at least equivalent to the DPA here, which is one of the criteria of the DPA for sharing data with other countries. The EU data sharing issue really relates to data shared with the US and the demise of the Safe Harbour agreement.
                  "Being nice costs nothing and sometimes gets you extra bacon" - Pondlife.

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                    #29
                    Originally posted by DaveB View Post
                    The EU data sharing issue really relates to data shared with the US and the demise of the Safe Harbour agreement.
                    With UK being out of EU that problem will also resurface.

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                      #30
                      Originally posted by MrMarkyMark View Post
                      A Microsoft "Manager" eh?

                      A bit akin to relying on the gossip supplied by the cleaner
                      Oh crap, that can only mean one thing.
                      They've added speech to Clippy
                      The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world that he didn't exist

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