Microsoft upgraded its cloud computing services, letting cloud users keep personal data within Europe to ease privacy fears
Microsoft upgraded its cloud computing service to let customers store all personal data within the European Union instead of having it flow to the U.S. where national privacy laws don’t exist. The changes apply to services including Azure, Microsoft 365, Power Platform, and Dynamics 365.
Microsoft said, “EU Data Boundary solution goes beyond European compliance requirements. The company has previously pledged that customers wouldn’t have their data moved outside the EU.
Cloud computing companies have been moving to localise data storage and processing amid tightening requirements in the 27-nation European Union, which has strict data privacy laws. Later this year, Microsoft will start making sure technical support data is kept within Europe. It also plans a paid option for initial tech support response from within the EU.
