Blog | 11 November 2020
Cloud Act and Schrems II?
Take the hassle out of cloud computing with Sitevision Cloud
Sitevision Cloud is an all-Swedish cloud service with high functionality, reliability and technical security. The cloud service is, among other things, adapted to the laws that exist to avoid the problems that come with the Cloud Act and Schrems II for the public sector.
An all-Swedish cloud service
Sitevision's cloud service Sitevision Cloud is delivered from various data centers in Sweden – and all data is stored in Sweden. The hardware is owned and managed by Sitevision AB. The Sitevision Cloud service and associated peripherals are managed exclusively by Sitevision's own staff.
All development of the cloud service is based on legal requirements in order to offer a cloud service that meets new legal requirements over time.
The benefits of a Swedish cloud service
If you choose a Swedish cloud service that only stores data on servers in Sweden, you can be sure that the information handled is subject to Swedish legislation. More relevant than ever given the Cloud Act and the Schrems II ruling.
What the Cloud Act and the Schrems II judgment mean
Cloud Act
The Cloud Act (2018) gives US authorities the right to request data from US cloud service providers – regardless of the country where the data is stored. As long as a US company owns the service and servers, it doesn't matter that customers and their data are located in Sweden, for example. For them, the Cloud Act takes precedence over both our national and European legislation.
eSamverka.se writes more about the cloud issue External link.
The Schrems II judgment
In 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled on the Schrems II case. The main issue was whether Facebook Ireland was allowed to transfer personal data of European citizens to Facebook USA. Previously, EU operators have been able to transfer personal data to the US if the US company was a member of the Privacy Shield. However, the ruling means that the Privacy Shield framework is declared invalid because it violates, among other things, the GDPR.
More than 100 of Sweden's municipalities have already chosen Sitevision Cloud
Already today, more than 100 municipalities, several large authorities, municipal and state companies have chosen to put the operation of their websites and intranets in Sitevision Cloud. Simple – and very safe. These are some of them.