Why the PATRIOT Act has US citizens choosing the Swiss Cloud

Yesterday, Wired.com confirmed in their article, PATRIOT Act Gives Foreigners Good Reason to Avoid US Clouds, what we have known for awhile now – privacy-aware citizens around the world, including US citizens are choosing the Swiss Cloud as US Clouds can’t guarantee privacy.  Here’s why:

What you get with the US Cloud:

• Unclear and non-uniform policies amongst cloud providers regarding sharing data with law enforcement agencies
• US government often ignore the law in respect of surveying personal data in their Cloud.
• The PATRIOT Act provides the US government with extremely broad powers to gain access to your personal data without you every knowing about it.

What you get with the Swiss Cloud:

• Guaranteed data security when processing personal data.
• Protection of systems and data from risks of unauthorised and/or arbitrary destruction, loss, technical faults, forgery, theft and unlawful use as well as from modification or copying.
• Data is protected by the Swiss data protection legislation
• A guarantee that your data is stored in a country that prides itself on putting your data protection and privacy first and will not be bullied to hand over private data.

Since its inception, the Cloud has been criticised for its lack of protection but the truth is it is simply a matter of choosing the right Cloud and the benefits of the Cloud means that you can do just that no matter where you live. Over 80% of our customers are foreigners proving that they have seen that going with a Swiss provider gives them the benefits of the Cloud with the guaranteed security of their data and privacy protection.