“Since passage of the Patriot Act, many companies based outside of the United States have been reluctant to store client information in the U.S.,” said Marc Rotenberg, executive director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center in Washington. “There is an ongoing concern that U.S. intelligence agencies will gather this information without legal process. There is particular sensitivity about access to financial information as well as communications and Internet traffic that goes through U.S. switches.”
lelapin _ on 30 Aug 08it's only natural that what used to play to the advantage of one country (up to 70%) be shared by more countries, especially with economically faster growing perspective like in the Asian region.
