▲ 993 ▼ Europe is moving to block Microsoft, Amazon, and Google from handling government health, financial, and legal data (www.techspot.com) submitted 3 months ago by stumu415@lemmy.zip to c/world@lemmy.world 95 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Scrogu@lemmy.zip 66 points 3 months ago (2 children) But not Palantir. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] ptu@sopuli.xyz 17 points 3 months ago The list was just to demonstrate the effects, yes it affects also Palantir. It would likely be very illegal to make legislation that affects only a selected few companies. The EC insider sources told CNBC that the TSP could include a significant limitation for foreign cloud corporations when it comes to managing sensitive data. To put it simply, US cloud giants such as Microsoft, Amazon, and Google could be restricted in their ability to process specific data types on behalf of public organizations, including financial, judicial, and health-related data. permalink fedilink source parent [–] minorkeys@sh.itjust.works 13 points 3 months ago (1 child) Don't let perfection be the enemy of good. We both know morals is rarely why any government does anything. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Mr_WorldlyWiseman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 child) I'm gonna go ahead and be first to say that palantir is not good. All the government partnerships with them clearly violate GDPR and the AI framework. Like, it's good progress that the EU is talking about US companies now, but Palantir should 100% be mentioned in the same breath. At the least because many EU citizens aren't even aware that Palantir exists. Hopefully this new law will also apply to Palantir partnerships permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jve@lemmy.world 1 point 3 months ago I'm gonna go ahead and be first to say that palantir Truly an honor to be here for the moment. Hopefully this new law will also apply to Palantir partnerships But for the grace of our politicians. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ptu@sopuli.xyz 17 points 3 months ago The list was just to demonstrate the effects, yes it affects also Palantir. It would likely be very illegal to make legislation that affects only a selected few companies. The EC insider sources told CNBC that the TSP could include a significant limitation for foreign cloud corporations when it comes to managing sensitive data. To put it simply, US cloud giants such as Microsoft, Amazon, and Google could be restricted in their ability to process specific data types on behalf of public organizations, including financial, judicial, and health-related data. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] minorkeys@sh.itjust.works 13 points 3 months ago (1 child) Don't let perfection be the enemy of good. We both know morals is rarely why any government does anything. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Mr_WorldlyWiseman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 child) I'm gonna go ahead and be first to say that palantir is not good. All the government partnerships with them clearly violate GDPR and the AI framework. Like, it's good progress that the EU is talking about US companies now, but Palantir should 100% be mentioned in the same breath. At the least because many EU citizens aren't even aware that Palantir exists. Hopefully this new law will also apply to Palantir partnerships permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jve@lemmy.world 1 point 3 months ago I'm gonna go ahead and be first to say that palantir Truly an honor to be here for the moment. Hopefully this new law will also apply to Palantir partnerships But for the grace of our politicians. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Mr_WorldlyWiseman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 child) I'm gonna go ahead and be first to say that palantir is not good. All the government partnerships with them clearly violate GDPR and the AI framework. Like, it's good progress that the EU is talking about US companies now, but Palantir should 100% be mentioned in the same breath. At the least because many EU citizens aren't even aware that Palantir exists. Hopefully this new law will also apply to Palantir partnerships permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jve@lemmy.world 1 point 3 months ago I'm gonna go ahead and be first to say that palantir Truly an honor to be here for the moment. Hopefully this new law will also apply to Palantir partnerships But for the grace of our politicians. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jve@lemmy.world 1 point 3 months ago I'm gonna go ahead and be first to say that palantir Truly an honor to be here for the moment. Hopefully this new law will also apply to Palantir partnerships But for the grace of our politicians. permalink fedilink source parent