Microsoft to let non-US users store data overseas

Microsoft is to let its customers outside the United States choose where their data is stored.

The software giant's move comes in response to ongoing revelations about the extent of surveillance by the US National Security Agency (NSA).

Moving data away from North America should ensure it is harder for spy agencies to scrutinise it.

European governments have voiced fears about NSA surveillance and have led calls to overhaul privacy laws.

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