CGI: ‘Data NL students in US safe’
Data of Dutch students in the cloud are not widely accessible to companies US, argues Sjaak van der Laan, consulting expert at IT company CGI Netherlands. He responds to a report by the Higher Education Press Agency HOP stating ‘Thus, US investigative agencies have relatively easy access to the data and it can also be sold to advertisers.’ (The shortened post on Delta did not include that phrase).
“This is incorrect,” Van der Laan argues. “Here, social media platforms and other free services are confused with paid cloud services from Azure and AWS. It is true that US companies are subject to US law, and that the US CLOUD act allows investigative agencies to demand data from one person in specific cases, such as possible terrorism. But there is no question of large-scale access to data, let alone selling it.”
Following The Dutch Strategic Supplier Management agreements with Microsoft, AWS and Google, Van der Laan says: “We see that US parties have recently become much more aware of the differences in privacy laws and perceptions than in the US and are adapting accordingly. This is of course in their own interest, but also in the interest of citizens in the Netherlands.” (JW)
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