Microsoft to host data in Germany to evade US spying

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Microsoft's new plan to keep the US government's hands off its customers' data: Germany will be a safe harbor in the digital privacy storm.
Microsoft on Wednesday announced that beginning in the second half of 2016, it will give foreign customers the option of keeping data in new European facilities that, at least in theory, should shield customers from US government surveillance.

https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2015/11/12/microsoft-to-host-data-in-germany-to-evade-us-spying/

 

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I wonder what the people who love to bash Microsoft for spying have to say about this?

What I find interesting is nothing in the Microsoft announcement said anything about this being a Microsoft (or anybody's) plan to keep US government hands off the data, or shielding the data from US government surveillance or spying.