In European Parliament, MassiverWiderstand is opposed to attempts by US government to provide American ErmittlernZugang to European data centres. The Supreme Court USA Willbis to decide in summer wher a US authority may require companies to direktenZugriff on personal data gespeichertsind outside United States. The verdict could be undEuropa to threat to data sovereignty in Germany.

Several members of European Union, including VivianeReding (EPP), Birgit Sippel (S D), Sophie in 't Veld (ALDE) and Jan PhilippAlbrecht (Greens), expressed ir concerns in a so-called amicus brief to SupremeCourt. The pleading is on Handelsblatt. In this, parliamentarians make it clear that einDatenzugriff in Europe is incompatible with Charter of Fundamental Rights of European Union. The transfer of personal data to third parties, such as EineBehörde, would refore mean "interference in fundamental right of person concerned to respect for private life" in accordance with Article 7 of Charter. In particular, disclosure of electronic communications would be seen as a "besondersschwerwiegender" intervention in this fundamental right.

The background is a process in which US government has been calling on Microsoft for years to deliver personal information to Government on request, even if it gespeichertsind in data centers within EU.

The JuristischenStellungnahme of MEPs, on or hand, emphasises that EU law also applies in this case. Affected persons could refore also invoke iton European data protection law if ir data are stored at EinemNicht-EU service providers such as Microsoft. Moreover, by means of amicus brief, European Court of Justice has granted data protection laws eumilitary a particularly "broad scope" in order to prevent circumvention of rules in force, for example by United States.

Politicians and industry associations defend mselves

The Justice and Home affairs expert of EU GrünenAlbrecht warned of consequences if Supreme Court insisted on Anwendbarkeitvon US law on Microsoft's EU data. Then this would be " Internet as we know it today," Albrecht told Handelsblatt. "Then Undwürden could also demand countries such as China, Russia, or Turkey to issue vonDaten European customers and could Internetunternehmenhierzulande to Praktikenmachen of ir state-of--law issues." The result would be from point of view of Albrecht's "MassiveEinschränkungen of civil rights and rule of law in digital".

In this particular case, even representatives of economy had already spoken. For example, Bitkom, toger with mitzahlreichen industry associations from European countries, also submitted Einensogenannten amicus pleadings in Washington and formulated ir concerns. Bitkom chief executive Officer Bernhard Rawhide said that if Sichdas court were to bow to will of US government, it would "intervene deeply in commonalities data protection." "Direct access VonUS authorities to personal data from Europe is incompatible with EuropäischemDatenschutzrecht."

Both companies that have ir location in Denusa, as well as companies that have a branch re, would be lautBitkom affected. "The companies are facing a indissoluble dilemma," Rawhide said. They followed such an arrangement of US authorities, brechensie European law. "Oppose such an arrangement, break us right." Before Bitkom, among ors, DerBundesverband of German industry as well as German industry UndHandelskammer had submitted ir arguments to lawsuit.

Also American jobs at risk

Microsoft is very much in agreement with Europe's arguments. "If re were still doubts about InternationalenKonsequenzen, y were dispelled by amicus-letters UNDUNTERSTÜTZENDE statements in past weeks and months," writes chief lawyer of IT group, Brad Smith, in a Blog entry. Litigation before Supreme Court would rarely attract so much attention in or countries.

The position of American department to collect customer data stored abroad with EinfachenDurchsuchungsbefehlen, "violates international borders, agreements and international law," argues Smith. It also warns that or states kopierenkönnten actions of US authorities. "If US government is given power to confiscate PrivateKommunikationsdaten, which are stored in or countries, to Durchsuchenund, it will invite or Governments to do same."

In end, even AmerikanischeWirtschaftsinteressen and jobs are in danger, Smith has to bear in mind. At present, US companies are leading world in offering cloud services. But this leadership is based on trust that government is putting at risk.

Microsoft itself has meanwhile alsReaktion to lawsuit its cloud business in Germany toger with trustee Deutsche Telekom set up so that company itself can not access data of its customers – and thus nothing to give out Could. DerRechtsstreit will soon be going to next round. For 27th of February, Mails is scheduled for oral proceedings on case in Washington, D.C.

Date Of Update: 25 January 2018, 12:03