Hello all
I view of the recent discoveries that the email defence data center
location is moving to a United States based facility I wish to start a
discussion to hopefully stop or modify this move. I am not at issue with a move
simple as to where and the fact our clients privacy any confidentiality will
now be subject to breach.........
The issue is that once this occurs all email that enters that facility is now
subject to viewing by the "Inland security agency" which breaches to say at
minimum several policies of my clients and I'm sure of yours. If your clients
us the email defense service they instantly become subject to the same rules
once the data center is located in the continental US.
to see the power of that act I have included a link to it
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2001/10024--g.htm.
The fact the move is occurring is posted to tucows web site its location is
below
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https://rrc.tucows.com/releasenotes/email/emaildefense06
New data center The new Email Defense platform will be hosted in the Qwest data
center in Denver Colorado with the recently acquired Hosted Email systems.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
This move has never been announced publicly but was rather "hidden " and
what I mean by hidden is. ... never publicly discussed or promoted but
announced on tucows web site and I know of no other place. This is a very large
very important fact that actually makes "most" of my filtering client leave the
service due to fact of its physical location in the United States breaches
there internal policies as I will explain further.
This move should be of extreme interest to anyone using the email
defense service that is not a United States resident. The number of none US
residents is in all likely hood rather large and I am within that number.
I must be clear that I have no issue with the abilities or the facility or
its methods or staff . My issue and yours should be around its US location and
now being subject to the US inland security act. The fact that all email is now
routed into the United States and opened to scan. makes the email subject to
the "Inland Security Act" and its rules (not pretending to fully understand
those).
I will not even start to count the number of ways in which this breaches
our policies and the policies of our clients and I'm sure yours. These breaches
in my clients policies immediately makes this service inadequate for their
needs and they have already told me to find non US based provides or they must
leave.
The clients have a issue and a well researched issue to say the least. We
have several clients who came to us because our filtering data centers were
located outside the US.
I in no way am attempting to upset the apple card but this is a issue that must
be addresses quickly were aprox. 60 days or so form the move. I have been told
the location picked due to price well as the new prices for the service is
dropping roughly 50% that is a invalid point. No matter the cost or lose this
must occur and quickly.
With out a change to this data center location I can see a very large out
fluke of clients as we are now limiting our ability to offer service to other
than US based clients. To mention but a few of the organizations that will not
allow there mail to be opened or scanned in the US and have internal policy to
such are government(local municipal and federal), education, oil services, oil
exploration etc etc. now that is a very large sector of our clientele that is
now affected.
I step back and hope this start the discussion that brings this move to a
full halt. I have full faith Tucows will step up to this one and make the right
move for all resellers.......
Your respectfully
Greg Makuch
Whatever Computes
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