The US renews FISA bill with a major expansion of warrantless surveillance of non-US citizens.

This makes US cloud services incompatible with GDPR, and underlines the importance of #sovereigncloud solutions like Nextcloud.

Dubbed “one of the most dramatic and terrifying expansions of government surveillance authority in history.” as reported by the @eff

#datasovereignty #dataprivacy #WhoOwnsYourData

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/04/us-senate-and-biden-administration-shamefully-renew-and-expand-fisa-section-702-0

U.S. Senate and Biden Administration Shamefully Renew and Expand FISA Section 702, Ushering in a Two Year Expansion of Unconstitutional Mass Surveillance

One week after it was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives, the Senate has passed what Senator Ron Wyden has called, “one of the most dramatic and terrifying expansions of government surveillance authority in history.

^{Electronic Frontier Foundation}

EU’s use of Microsoft 365 found to breach data protection rules

An investigation into the European Union’s use of Microsoft 365 has found the Commission breached the bloc’s data protection rules through its use of the cloud-based productivity software.

#datasovereignty #dataprotection

https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/11/edps-microsoft-365/