ServInt, a managed cloud hosting provider for businesses worldwide, joined a coalition of over 40 organizations demanding that the US Congress reform Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act.
Article 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act has been used as a legal basis for bulk collection of phone metadata of the National Security Agency. This article must be renewed on 1 June 2015. ServInt believes that the status quo is unacceptable, and it is urgent that Congress goes ahead with the reform.
Therefore, ServInt signed a letter to US government officials of privacy and human rights defenders, technology companies and professional associations. - Including the American Civil Liberties Union, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Mozilla, ServInt partner CloudFlare, and the Coalition of the Internet infrastructure (i2Coalition)
"the supervisory reform is urgent restore consumer confidence in the cloud, "said President ServInt Christian Dawson . "ServInt believes that mass surveillance is incorrect and we are determined to do all we can to stop it, on behalf of our customers and the industry as a whole."
The letter lists the elements all signatories have agreed are essential to any effort to reform the US surveillance laws . These include a clear purpose, strong and efficient for bulk collection practices, and mechanisms of transparency and accountability to both the government and the reporting company.
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ServInt claims to be one of the most vocal critics of the Internet industry mass surveillance programs of the Government United States, and called on lawmakers to help restore the image of the United States as a country that cares about privacy and the rule of law.
The hosting provider managed cloud recently updated its privacy policy to limit the circumstances in which law enforcement may request the data ServInt customer without a warrant. ServInt announced that it will release all claims of its customer data, unless a specific law requires the company to keep the secret of the request.
Founded in Northern Virginia in 1995, ServInt provides a range of IaaS, PaaS, VPS and dedicated server packages to hosting service resellers, web designers, developers and online businesses in more than 130 countries .
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