Case studies · Sovereignty
Evidence and analysis covering regional cloud delivery, jurisdictional exposure and the practical choices involved in controlling sensitive data.
Case study · 15 August 2026
An HPE case study, “SALT Brings Azure Stack Hub Services to the Cayman Islands and Beyond,” describes SALT using HPE ProLiant for Microsoft Azure Stack Hub to provide Azure services and cloud solutions to customers.
The case study highlights SALT’s regional leadership and subject-matter expertise in the Azure Stack Hub environment. SALT originally recorded the case study as published in January 2020.
Data sovereignty · 15 March 2026
A March 2026 report stated that FBI searches of Americans’ data collected under FISA Section 702 increased during 2025, from 5,518 to 7,413 searches. Privacy advocates cited the increase as evidence of continuing access to communications involving Americans without traditional warrants.
A US federal court had ruled in January 2025 that the FBI violated the Fourth Amendment when it searched Section 702 communications using identifiers associated with US person Agron Hasbajrami without first obtaining a warrant. The case illustrates how communications acquired for foreign-intelligence purposes can later be searched for domestic investigative use.
Industry news · 15 July 2025
During a French Senate inquiry into digital sovereignty, Microsoft France’s Director of Public and Legal Affairs was asked whether Microsoft could guarantee that French citizens’ data would never be supplied to US authorities without French government approval. He said that he could not provide that guarantee.
The hearing examined how US laws, including the CLOUD Act, can compel US companies to disclose data regardless of where it is physically stored. The exchange matters because it connected jurisdictional risk to sensitive European public-sector and health information in a formal public hearing.