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Apple Building Data Centre in China to Comply With Tough Cybersecurity Laws

posted by Fnord666 on Monday July 17 2017, @03:23AM   
from the that's-one-way-to-handle-it dept.

"exec" writes:

Apple has found its solution for dealing with tougher cybersecurity laws in China.

The iPhone maker is building its first data center in the country to meet new cybersecurity laws that took effect in June, Reuters reported Wednesday. The laws require foreign companies to store data locally.

To comply, Apple is collaborating with a local data management company called Guizhou-Cloud Big Data (GCBD), which said in a statement that the two companies will provide Chinese users a "faster and more reliable iCloud experience." The facility will be built in the southern province of Guizhou.

"The addition of this data center will allow us to improve the speed and reliability of our products and services while also complying with newly passed regulations," an Apple representative told Reuters. "These regulations require cloud service be operated by Chinese companies so we're partnering with GCBD to offer iCloud."

Additional coverage at The Register.

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• Re:One more reason (Score: 2) by c0lo on Tuesday July 18 2017, @12:20PM

  by c0lo (156) on Tuesday July 18 2017, @12:20PM (#540917) Journal

  My belief is that we should have a combination of (a) and (b) options, rather than straight (b).

  In the absence of direct democracy, I prefer all (a) no (b).

  Parties have a role to play in our democracy ...

  By established practice, unfortunately yes, they do.
  Beat me if understand why their existence are required nowadays - what beneficial social role they serve (other than signalling "My mob is bigger than yours, so gimme more money")?

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