The data of Quebecers hosted by Microsoft accessible to the US government?

The data of Quebecers hosted on Microsoft servers can be consulted by the United States government at its request. Moreover, alerts web expert Bruno Guglielminetti.

“If the data of a Canadian citizen is stored on Microsoft servers. Consequently, including in Canada, they can be given to the American government, without the Canadian authorities having a say,” worries Bruno Guglielminetti on his blog.

“Access to data is silently done, without the government being informed, the opposition becoming purely symbolic,” he says.

It is the explosive passage of a high leader of Microsoft to the French Senate on June 10 which. Therefore, makes him fear the worst.

In front of French elected officials. Anton Carniaux, director of public affairs at Microsoft France, has recognized that Microsoft cannot guarantee that French data is not consulted by the Americans at their request.

This is possible data quebecers hosted microsoft accessible under the CLOUD Act.

Microsoft had not answered our questions when writing these lines on Wednesday.

Recall that last Tuesday. the Quebec government confirmed that public administration websites may have to close due to a security flaw affecting the Microsoft SharePoint service.

Pot. elections

In 2018, The newspaper had revealed that the identity of cannabis buyers was at risk because the IP address of Quebecers who consult the website of the Quebec Cannabis Society (SQDC) then passed through California.

The newspaper Underlined after Elections Québec also played with fire by entrusting the data of his website to the firm Evillia. which hosts them on Amazon servers.

“Instead of choosing our piping in Quebec, we go to the United States to enrich them. For data as sensitive as the elections. “worried Paul Laurier, a former Sûreté du Québec (SQ), which was formed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).