The article highlights the reliance on trust in cloud providers, particularly in critical industries and government sectors, prompting interest in the notion of sovereign clouds. However, the lack of a clear definition remains problematic. Researchers emphasize that while European cloud providers promise to manage data locally and ensure high-quality encryption, U.S. tech companies also offer sovereign packages yet remain bound by U.S. regulations, complicating data privacy. Contracts and encryption practices like Bring Your Own Key do little to mitigate the reality of possible compliance with surveillance requests, raising concerns about genuine security and privacy.
One issue is that this does not yet mean that the sovereign nature of these cloud services is clearly defined, leading to confusion for users.
U.S. companies offering sovereign cloud services are still bound by U.S. regulations, making them obligated to surrender customer data to the U.S. government if asked.
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