Why this tiny Baltic nation is building a digital embassy half a continent away
April 21, 2021In 2017, Luxembourg and Estonia signed a bilateral agreement. While governments can contract private businesses for cloud services, such agreements can have shortcomings. Estonia wanted to have full jurisdiction over the data. No private cloud partner can really do that. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/data-security-meets-diplomacy-why-estonia-storing-its-data-luxembourg-n1018171
In 2017, Luxembourg and Estonia signed a bilateral agreement. While governments can contract private businesses for cloud services, such agreements can have shortcomings. Estonia wanted to have full jurisdiction over the data. No private cloud partner can really do that.