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by toomuchtodo 3539 days ago
Based on a Microsoft ruling, I believe only their US data center. As always, take measures to keep your data out of the US if it's important to you.

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/07/19/business/dealbook/micro...
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IgorPartola 3539 days ago
Out or in? Because if it's out, it's subject to the warrantless searches, right? But if it's in, the company can be compelled to give the NSA access?
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seszett 3539 days ago
If it's out of the US, the US don't have jurisdiction and I don't see them breaking into OVH's datacenters in France anytime soon to get to your data.

If they really want to access it and are doing covert operations I don't think being in the US will stop them.

I might be naive, but as far as I know there's no question that data is always safer if it stays in datacenters in Europe rather than in the US (which is why OVH is going to great lengths to separate their US entity as much as possible from the French one, and also why their first step in North America was Canada and not the US).

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IgorPartola 3539 days ago
I suppose my communication with the server would be encrypted, but wouldn't the NSA try to store all the back and forth transfers between my US-based laptop and my OVH server in France?
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toomuchtodo 3539 days ago
They could, which is why all of your communications between you and your OVH server should use high grade encryption (SSH, SSL, etc).
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