It does change that fact, because again - they’re forced to by law. There’s no wiggle room. Had they chosen to defy them and take them to court, Microsoft probably would have been forced to cease trading in the USA or something equally as company destroying.
Your data and email isn’t ever “safe” unless you’re hosting every single part of it yourself, and even then - if the government orders you to do something, you’ll fold like origami when faced with the alternative. Microsoft aren’t in the business of deciding who is and isn’t “tyrannical”. They are in the business of following legal orders and staying in business though.
It doesn’t matter that they’re forced by law. That just means no US company is safe. It still means you need to get your stuff out of there.
And yes, your data and email can be safe, because EU law requires your data to be safe. It is becoming impossible for international tech companies to obey both US and EU law, and if you want your stuff to be safe, you should choose one that obeys EU law.
Mind you, Microsoft is actually planning to do something about this; they’ve suggested (but not yet implemented, I think) separating their EU based servers into a separate daughter company under a European board. But until they actually implement that, your data isn’t safe.
And your data is even less safe with some other US tech companies which have a longer history of flaunting EU data protection rules in order to exploit your data.
You’re forgetting the fact that the government ordered MS to do this. Moving your data to the EU does nothing to prevent any EU government from ordering the same thing.
It does change that fact, because again - they’re forced to by law. There’s no wiggle room. Had they chosen to defy them and take them to court, Microsoft probably would have been forced to cease trading in the USA or something equally as company destroying.
Your data and email isn’t ever “safe” unless you’re hosting every single part of it yourself, and even then - if the government orders you to do something, you’ll fold like origami when faced with the alternative. Microsoft aren’t in the business of deciding who is and isn’t “tyrannical”. They are in the business of following legal orders and staying in business though.
It doesn’t matter that they’re forced by law. That just means no US company is safe. It still means you need to get your stuff out of there.
And yes, your data and email can be safe, because EU law requires your data to be safe. It is becoming impossible for international tech companies to obey both US and EU law, and if you want your stuff to be safe, you should choose one that obeys EU law.
Mind you, Microsoft is actually planning to do something about this; they’ve suggested (but not yet implemented, I think) separating their EU based servers into a separate daughter company under a European board. But until they actually implement that, your data isn’t safe.
And your data is even less safe with some other US tech companies which have a longer history of flaunting EU data protection rules in order to exploit your data.
You’re forgetting the fact that the government ordered MS to do this. Moving your data to the EU does nothing to prevent any EU government from ordering the same thing.
I am not the one forgetting that. You are forgetting that the EU is not the US, and EU law is the polar opposite of US law on this issue.
Does EU law prevent a countries government from ordering a social media account to be blocked?
EU law prevents any government from accessing your email or other data, whereas the US demands easy access to your data. That’s what I’m referring to.
But I’ve also never heard of them blocking anyone’s email, and certainly not in retaliation for investigating war crimes.