Microsoft ‘Data Boundary’ for EU Cloud Customers to Be Rolled Out on January 1
Microsoft Corp said on Thursday its European Union cloud customers will be able to process and store parts of their data in the region from January 1.The phased rollout of its “EU data boundary” will apply to all of its core cloud services – Azure, Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365 and Power BI platform.Big businesses have become increasingly anxious about the international flow of customer data since the EU introduced the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in 2018, which protects user privacy.The bloc's executive arm,…