Reactions inspired by the Snowden leaks continue to heat up, the most recent being Roussef’s plans set up Brazil’s own secure email servers and to introduce legislation that would require all online information concerning Brazilians to be stored physically in Brazil. What is clear is that there is a significant gulf between the US attitude towards data flows and data protection and that of the rest of the world. There have long been conflicts of law but with the importance of the Internet, the promise (and threat) of Big Data and the proliferation of data volumes, life is just going to get more complicated, particularly if you are a corporate operating internationally.
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