A new government white paper on digital sovereignty says Ottawa can’t maintain full control over its data if its data storage supplier is subject to the laws of another country.
Haven’t read it yet, but I assume storing data is like storing merchandise. Whether Amazon stores data in server located in Canada, or books in warehouse located in Canada, it’s probably similar. In any case, Canadians should store their data with a Canadian company having their servers located in Canada. I’ll read the article later.
Headline says “stored in Canada”.
Subtitle says “data storage supplier is subject to the laws of another country”.
Make up your mind.
There’s no contradiction there. This broke over the summer: Microsoft Admits: US Law Supersedes Canadian Sovereignty — Microsoft representative says US CLOUD Act comes before other country’s sovereignty.
LOL
The first is about the physical storage location of data.
The second is about the nationality of the storage’s owning entity.
Haven’t read it yet, but I assume storing data is like storing merchandise. Whether Amazon stores data in server located in Canada, or books in warehouse located in Canada, it’s probably similar. In any case, Canadians should store their data with a Canadian company having their servers located in Canada. I’ll read the article later.