Luis Rijo reports:
Microsoft France’s legal director conceded under sworn testimony that the company cannot guarantee French citizen data stored in EU datacenters remains protected from US agency access. The June 10, 2025 French Senate hearing marked a significant moment in European digital sovereignty discussions as Microsoft executives addressed concerns over extraterritorial data access.
During proceedings before the Senate inquiry commission investigating public procurement’s role in promoting digital sovereignty, Anton Carniaux, Microsoft France’s director of public and legal affairs, admitted fundamental limitations regarding data protection guarantees. When asked directly whether he could guarantee under oath that French citizen data would never be transmitted to US authorities without explicit French authorization, Carniaux responded: “No, I cannot guarantee it.”
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Given how the U.S. government is riding roughshod over its own citizens’ privacy and data protection, France would appear to have good reason to be concerned.