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.
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.