The full report can be accessed from here.
The Office of the US Trade Representative has issued harsh words in its latest foreign trade report about Australian federal and state governments for warning Australian companies and agencies about risks associated with storing data with offshore cloud providers. The US is also upset about continued restrictions on the foreign ownership of Telstra.
Apparently, the US Trade Representative believes that it is unfair on US companies that even Australian government agencies should insist on keeping data such as Australian electronic health records inside the country.
"A number of U.S. companies have voiced concerns that various Australian government departments, such as the Department of Defense, the National Archives of Australia, the Department of Finance and Deregulation's Australian Government Information Management Office, and the State of Victoria Privacy Commissioner, are sending negative messages about cloud computing services to potential Australian customers in both the public and private sectors, implying that hosting data overseas, including in the United States, by definition entails greater risk and unduly exposes consumers to their data being scrutinized by foreign governments," the report states.
No comments:
Post a Comment