Why We Need Data Sovereignty NOW: Microsoft Accused Of Sharing Dutch Officials’ Data with U.S. Government

[BeaverFever]

 

Microsoft Accused Of Sharing Dutch Officials’ Data with U.S. Government

 

Your government emails, work documents, and business communications stored in Microsoft’s cloud face new privacy risks. Microsoft reportedly shared Dutch civil servants’ names and internal communications with the U.S. House of Representatives, exposing officials who enforce Europe’s tough new tech regulations. This isn’t just about Dutch bureaucrats—it’s about what happens when foreign governments can access your data through the American companies you trust.

The CLOUD Act’s Invisible Reach Into Your Files

U.S. law gives American tech giants no choice but to comply with data requests, regardless of where your information lives.

According to NL Times reports, Microsoft handed over emails, meeting minutes, and event invitations from regulators at the Authority for Consumers and Markets and Dutch Data Protection Authority. They didn’t redact the officials’ names, effectively creating a target list of people enforcing the EU’s Digital Services Act—the law that forces platforms like Facebook and TikTok to crack down on harmful content.
 

Here’s the uncomfortable truth: The U.S. CLOUD Act of 2018 compels American companies to provide data to U.S. authorities even when it’s stored on European servers. Your Microsoft 365 files, Gmail archives, or AWS-hosted business documents? All potentially accessible to U.S. government requests, regardless of privacy promises or European data centers.

It’s like having a Swiss bank account that Switzerland can’t actually protect from foreign governments.

Europe’s Digital Independence Problem

Dutch officials called the data sharing “undesirable,” but they’re stuck with the same American tech giants they’re trying to regulate.

State Secretary Willemijn Aerdts told the U.S. Ambassador that disputes should be handled “with us or, if necessary, in Europe, but not on the backs of civil servants.” Translation: Stop turning our regulators into surveillance targets.
 

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https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/microsoft-accused-sharing-dutch-officials-154644836.html

[BeaverFever]

The galling hypocrisy is that while the US states countries like Canada seeking data sovereignty is a “trade irritant” they would never agree that a foreign government is entitled to unfettered access to data on Americans that is stored in America by an American company simply because the global parent of that company is headquartered in the foreign country.

 

This is what the Empire is claiming its entitled to under the Cloud Act. Canada and Europe helped build the American empire by agreeing to play by  its rules for the past 80 years   While we prospered by doing so we America prospered even more and we became ever more dependent upon their companies, their currency, their financial systems and data networks. I don’t know if any western countries can even fully escape the dense web of dependencies that we have built for ourselves over the decades but now that they have been weaponized against us we have to start working at it. 

[Michael Hardner]

Now do banking...

[herbie]

Do yourself ad the world a favour and toss Widows for starters.

Years ago the BC govt decided to host medical records on servers in the USA. Do you really think if Trump wanted to see them the hosting company wouldn't go Yassuh1 Yassuh! Right away, suh!

[Deluge]

I see BeaverFever's doing his best to keep the rest of the world safe from America. 

Good work, comrade.  

[John Johnston]

39 minutes ago, herbie said:

Do yourself ad the world a favour and toss Widows for starters.

Years ago the BC govt decided to host medical records on servers in the USA. Do you really think if Trump wanted to see them the hosting company wouldn't go Yassuh1 Yassuh! Right away, suh!

Sadly we cannot now... 

[Legato]

5 hours ago, Michael Hardner said:

Now do banking...

and the telematics unit in your car/truck.

[SpankyMcFarland]

On 5/23/2026 at 8:09 PM, Deluge said:

I see BeaverFever's doing his best to keep the rest of the world safe from America. 

Good work, comrade.  

Are the allegations untrue? In Canada, we have a subspecies of noisy patriot more than willing to co-operate with a foreign government in any way it sees fit. Strange, that. 

Edited June 22 by SpankyMcFarland

[SpankyMcFarland]

On 5/23/2026 at 8:18 PM, John Johnston said:

Sadly we cannot now... 

The confidentiality of medical records is increasingly understood as stopping the neighbours from casual snooping. If foreign tech geeks or government officials want a peek for whatever nefarious purpose, well, our gatekeepers don’t want to know and would rather you not tell them. 

[Nationalist]

Private and personal information is, and always has been, a mirage.

What? Did any of you really think it was private? The very presence and nature of The Internet, coupled with Man's preoccupation with power, has lead to this. 

Its not new. But it is way easier now.

Welcome...to the reality of The Internet.

[SpankyMcFarland]

If America wants to behave like China then the rest of the world needs to do everything it can to protect itself. Over time, Europe can accomplish a lot in that direction but God help Canada. 

[Nationalist]

18 minutes ago, SpankyMcFarland said:

If America wants to behave like China then the rest of the world needs to do everything it can to protect itself. Over time, Europe can accomplish a lot in that direction but God help Canada. 

Canada doesn't need any Gawd's help.

The PI cat is already out of the bag.

What Canada has to do is grow a pair and USE the wealth of resources we already have.

[Deluge]

1 hour ago, SpankyMcFarland said:

Are the allegations untrue? 

Good question. Do we have confirmation either way? 

[Deluge]

1 hour ago, SpankyMcFarland said:

If America wants to behave like China then the rest of the world needs to do everything it can to protect itself. Over time, Europe can accomplish a lot in that direction but God help Canada. 

Islam's about to overrun Europe. You may want to flee deeper into the Great White North, or just give up and start learning Arabic now. 

[Nationalist]

54 minutes ago, Deluge said:

Islam's about to overrun Europe. You may want to flee deeper into the Great White North, or just give up and start learning Arabic now. 

Interestingly enough...

Germany: 

 

France:

England:

Ireland: 

 

 

 

 

 

[Deluge]

8 minutes ago, Nationalist said:

Interestingly enough...

Germany: 

 

France:

England:

Ireland: 

 

 

 

 

 

Can the responders match the focus & persistence of jihadists? Can they expel Islam permanently? 

*shrug*. 

[Nationalist]

15 minutes ago, Deluge said:

Can the responders match the focus & persistence of jihadists? Can they expel Islam permanently? 

*shrug*. 

I doubt it. They have trashed their own counties and cultures, so the women they hide behind can virtue signal.

I thank Gawd Central Europe wasn't as stupid!

Edited June 22 by Nationalist

[SpankyMcFarland]

On 6/22/2026 at 2:24 PM, Deluge said:

Islam's about to overrun Europe. You may want to flee deeper into the Great White North, or just give up and start learning Arabic now. 

It isn’t really. And that doesn't change the inconvenient truth that US companies abroad can’t be trusted because they will always hand over information to their government when requested. The opportunities for blackmail should be obvious.  

BTW most Muslims have fairly rudimentary Arabic and it’s a hellishly difficult language for anglophones to learn anyway

 

Edited 14 hours ago by SpankyMcFarland

[Deluge]

10 hours ago, SpankyMcFarland said:

1. It isn’t really.

2. And that doesn't change the inconvenient truth that US companies abroad can’t be trusted because they will always hand over information to their government when requested. The opportunities for blackmail should be obvious.  

3. BTW most Muslims have fairly rudimentary Arabic and it’s a hellishly difficult language for anglophones to learn anyway

 

1. Sure it is. Islam has been growing rapidly for the past 20 years - it's the 2nd largest religion in Canada, and you know that whoever is 1st isn't going to hold that position very long. Islam isn't even a religion, really, but you can bet it's at least the 2nd most powerful political force in Canada as well. 

2. I don't know about any of that, but it looks like your task is clear: get rid of America and make room for Islam, or China, or whoever else is waiting in the shadows. 

3. Well, as Islam takes over, I'm sure it will be a lot more clear as to how to adapt to their rulership. 

[SpankyMcFarland]

3 hours ago, Deluge said:

1. Sure it is. Islam has been growing rapidly for the past 20 years - it's the 2nd largest religion in Canada, and you know that whoever is 1st isn't going to hold that position very long. Islam isn't even a religion, really, but you can bet it's at least the 2nd most powerful political force in Canada as well. 
 

What is the percentage of Muslims in the Canadian population? 

 

 

3 hours ago, Deluge said:

2. I don't know about any of that, but it looks like your task is clear: get rid of America and make room for Islam, or China, or whoever else is waiting in the shadows. 
 

I’ve got a better idea. Let’s keep as many sensitive Canadian documents as we can under our control. We know the Americans cannot be trusted, even before Trump who made this obvious to anyone with eyes. 

 

 

3 hours ago, Deluge said:

3. Well, as Islam takes over, I'm sure it will be a lot more clear as to how to adapt to their rulership. 

They’ve a long way to go yet. See above. 

[Legato]

3 minutes ago, SpankyMcFarland said:

What is the percentage of Muslims in the Canadian population? 

 

 

I’ve got a better idea. Let’s keep as many sensitive Canadian documents as we can under our control. We know the Americans cannot be trusted, even before Trump who made this obvious to anyone with eyes. 

 

 

They’ve a long way to go yet. See above. 

Muslims make up 4.9% of the Canadian population, representing nearly 1.8 million people. Islam is the country's second-largest and fastest-growing major religion, with the proportion of Canadian Muslims more than doubling over the last two decades. 

Ignore the binary progression at your peril.

[SpankyMcFarland]

1 minute ago, Legato said:

Muslims make up 4.9% of the Canadian population, representing nearly 1.8 million people. Islam is the country's second-largest and fastest-growing major religion, with the proportion of Canadian Muslims more than doubling over the last two decades. 

Ignore the binary progression at your peril.

5%. Thank you. Now back to the subject in question. 

Edited 1 hour ago by SpankyMcFarland

[Legato]

4 minutes ago, SpankyMcFarland said:

5%. Thank you. Now back to the subject in question. 

You disparage America because Trump and yet oddly brush off a greater threat,

Ignore at your peril.

[Deluge]

13 minutes ago, SpankyMcFarland said:

1. What is the percentage of Muslims in the Canadian population? 

2. I’ve got a better idea. Let’s keep as many sensitive Canadian documents as we can under our control. We know the Americans cannot be trusted, even before Trump who made this obvious to anyone with eyes. 

3. They’ve a long way to go yet. See above. 

1. Who gives a shit? Ever hear of critical mass? That 4.9% is already a handful; wait till they get a few more percentage points; Sharia will be your new law. 

2. Good luck then. I hope it works. 

3. I disagree. Given your present course, I give it 10 years to jihad takeover. 

[SpankyMcFarland]

23 minutes ago, Legato said:

You disparage America because Trump and yet oddly brush off a greater threat,

Ignore at your peril.

No, not just because of Trump. He made the threat to our sovereignty utterly obvious on multiple levels but the data problem of backdoors has been discussed for years. 

https://wire.com/en/blog/eu-digital-sovereignty-vs-big-tech-encryption

I know very little about this but enough to be concerned.

 

Edited 44 minutes ago by SpankyMcFarland