[EN] The Cloud and the Asymmetric Patriot Act | Lubor Ptacek | 09.08.2011 [EN] The Cloud and the Asymmetric Patriot Act | Lubor Ptacek | 09.08.2011 | There have been numerous articles recently about cloud-based companies and their policies in regards to the Patriot Act. Most recently, Dropbox and Microsoft Office 365 have generated headlines when the press found out that their end user license agreement includes clauses that basically state that the company may have to hand the customer data over to the law enforcement authorities under certain circumstances – such as to comply with the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (in short USA PATRIOT Act). in Public bookmarkswith [en]cloudcompliancedropboxfor:twittermicrosoftpatriot-actprivacyrisksaassecuritystoragetrendsweb