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

[vetran]

Poor squirrel.

You shouldn't suggest animal cruelty.

yeah don't want the poor thing to starve to death

[BlasterBates]

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.

[AtW]

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?

[MrMarkyMark]

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

[Eirikur]

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

[OwlHoot]

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.

[AtW]

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.

[DaveB]

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.

[AtW]

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.

[LondonManc]

A Microsoft "Manager" eh?

A bit akin to relying on the gossip supplied by the cleaner

Oh crap, that can only mean one thing.
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