谷歌坦承遞交歐洲用戶數據資料給美國情報機構

谷歌坦承遞交歐洲用戶數據資料給美國情報機構
Google Admits Handing over European User Data to US Intelligence Agencies
August 8th, 2011, 15:43 GMT|
By Lucian Constantin
Translation by Autumnson Blog

Google has admitted complying with requests from US intelligence agencies for data stored in its European data centers, most likely in violation of European Union data protection laws.
谷歌已承認遵守美國情報機構要求將數據存儲在其歐洲的數據中心，很有可能違反歐盟的數據保護法。
Gordon Frazer, Microsoft UK's managing director, made news headlines some weeks ago when he admitted that Microsoft can be compelled to share data with the US government regardless of where it is hosted in the world.
微軟的英國常務董事戈登弗雷澤幾個星期前成為新聞頭條，當他承認微軟可能被迫使與美國政府分享數據，無論它在世界哪裡作主。

At the center of this problem is the USA PATRIOT ACT, which states that companies incorporated in the United States must hand over data administered by their foreign subsidiaries if requested.
在這個問題的中心是美國的愛國者法，該法規定成立於美國的公司必須遞交它們的數據，如果在要求下包括由外國子公司管理的數據。
Not only that, but they can be forced to keep quiet about it in order to avoid exposing active investigations and alert those targeted by the probes.
不僅如此，但它們可被強迫保持緘默，以圖避免暴露出積極調查和提醒那些被偵查針對的。
This situation poses a serious problem for companies like Microsoft, Google or Amazon, which offer cloud services around the world, because their subsidiaries must also respect local laws.
這情況構成嚴重的問題給公司如微軟、谷歌或亞馬遜，它們在世界各地提供雲服務，因為他們的子公司也必須尊重當地法律。
For example, European Union legislation requires companies to protect the personal information of EU citizens and this is clearly not something that Microsoft, Google, Amazon, or any of their EU customers can do.

This is not only a theoretical problem. According to German-language magazine WirtschaftsWoche [Google translate], a Google spokesperson confirmed that the company has complied with requests from US intelligence agencies for data stored in its European data centers.

The situation is likely to spark an official inquiry from the European Commission, with some members of the European Parliament already reacting to the stories. It's hard to foresee what kind of solution can be found at this point, but one thing's clear - US-based cloud providers operating in EU can be forced to break the law. European companies and government agencies that are using their services are also in a tough position.

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