<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On 15 May 2017 at 10:23, Darren Moss <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Darren.Moss@cloud365.com.au" target="_blank">Darren.Moss@cloud365.com.au</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-NZ" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="m_2879998290372129893WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Just wondering, what are the ramifications of using software/services from a US based/incorporated provider ?<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Is your/your customer’s data subject to the Patriot Act and potentially accessible ?</span></p></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Along the same lines, what are the ramifications for overseas companies using software / services from an Australian based provider?</div><div><br></div><div>Does the Australian government get all the data? Does the Australian Consumer Law apply? </div><div><br></div></div></div></div>