Microsoft Cloud Introduces EU Data Boundary For Users In Phased Manner

Microsoft Corp MSFT launched a phased rollout of its EU Data Boundary solution to public sector and commercial customers in the European Union (EU) and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) on January 1.
The phased rollout will apply to the entire Microsoft Cloud suite of online services, including Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365, Power Platform, and Azure.
The EU's 2018 General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which specializes in user privacy protection, made big businesses increasingly anxious about the international flow of customer data, Reuters reports.
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The bloc's executive arm, the European Commission, worked on proposals to protect the privacy of European users whose data got transferred to the U.S.
Microsoft's Chief Privacy Officer Julie Brill said the first phase would be customer data. And then, Microsoft moved into the subsequent phases, it will move logging data, service data, and other kind of data into the boundary.
The second phase will be completed at the end of 2023, and phase three will be completed in 2024.
"We are creating this solution to make our customers feel more confident and to be able to have clear conversations with their regulators on where their data is being processed as well as stored," the report cited Brill.
Price Action: MSFT shares traded lower by 1.05% at $254.52 in the premarket on the last check Thursday.
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