Deal on major digital bill: French lawmakers give in to EU Commission demands

French lawmakers reached a compromise on Tuesday (26 March) on a hard-fought all-encompassing digital bill, agreeing to water down provisions that would otherwise conflict with EU legislation, white putting sovereign cloud requirements into law.

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Handover ceremony for newly appointed Secretary of State for Digital Marina Ferrari in Paris — Data hosting service providers will also have to abide by France's sovereign cloud requirements when handling health data. This move is understood to be targeting the national Health Data Hub, which handles health data of millions of French citizens on Microsoft Azure cloud. [EPA-EFE/MOHAMMED BADRA]

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