[AusNOG] Offsite Storage

Alex Samad - Yieldbroker Alex.Samad at yieldbroker.com
Wed Nov 26 15:50:30 EST 2014


I think region is all that’s needed

Alex

From: AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of Lindsay Hill
Sent: Wednesday, 26 November 2014 3:48 PM
To: Nick Adams
Cc: ausnog at lists.ausnog.net
Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Offsite Storage

-- Good luck getting Amazon to confirm where your data is stored.

Er...they do tell you which region the data is stored in:

http://aws.amazon.com/s3/faqs/
They don't tell you the exact physical location, but you can choose the region, in part to "enables you to address specific legal and regulatory requirements."

On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 5:43 PM, Nick Adams <nick.adams at reachtel.com.au<mailto:nick.adams at reachtel.com.au>> wrote:
It has become a lot more important since the recent Privacy Act changes.
Cross-border disclosure of personal information affects every
organisation with revenue >$3m:

http://www.oaic.gov.au/privacy/applying-privacy-law/app-guidelines/chapter-8-app-8-cross-border-disclosure-of-personal-information

Good luck getting Amazon to confirm where your data is stored.

Nick.

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