Michael Valentine Jones (7/25/2014)
ChrisSut (7/25/2014)
>>>Why do the different databases need to be in two different countries?This is a legal requirement, we cannot keep health records of US citizens in Canada or health records of Canadians in USA.
I have seen non-US clients require that their data be stored outside of the US to prevent it from being subject to the Patriot Act.
In practice, I doubt that would help if the entity hosting the data is a US company. They would simply turnover the data stored on the foreign servers if they were presented with a search warrant.
Here is some current news on this subject.
US judge orders Microsoft to produce emails held abroad
http://www.cnet.com/news/u-s-judge-orders-microsoft-to-produce-emails-held-abroad/
Looks like our government is doing everything they can to drive customers with privacy concerns away from US companies. :crying: