Steve Taylor wrote: > This is off-the-wall but is there any feasibility, security, advantage > in storing the information on an out-of-country location, like Tech > Coop in Vancouver? > If you mean "can we evade attempts by American authorities to get to confidential information by putting it offshore" then the simple answer is not really.
There is of course an open question of whether it might be harder to illicitly intercept or gather information illegally if it is stored in an overseas jurisdiction. That may be the case, but it is not testable, and certainly should not be a driving factor in our purchasing decisions. Reasons to favor the Tech Coop or Canadian firms (of which Peer 1 is one, I might add) may exist independently. In any event all of our information is likely to flow through American pipes at some point anyway. As long as we are an American corporation doing business in America, if any American authorities seek out our data through legal means they can get it from us even if we store it offshore. If anything storing things in different countries provides opportunities for influence from more jurisdictions. However there are also other advantages to globally distributing information as well, in terms of redundancy and diversity that can be be balanced against this. -ntk _______________________________________________ HCoop-Discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.hcoop.net/listinfo/hcoop-discuss
