Canada shifts data from US.
The article reports on the decision of Canadian universities to move their data from the U.S. to a domestic server to avoid issues associated with the U.S. Patriot Act. The move was prompted by growing fears that U.S. surveillance could target academics. Maryland-based firm RefWorks is used by acade...
| Publicado en: | Times Higher Education Supplement no. 1770; p. 10 |
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TSL Education Limited
11/24/2006
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| Sumario: | The article reports on the decision of Canadian universities to move their data from the U.S. to a domestic server to avoid issues associated with the U.S. Patriot Act. The move was prompted by growing fears that U.S. surveillance could target academics. Maryland-based firm RefWorks is used by academics from 650 institutions worldwide to store research information. One of the functions of the company is to store a personal database of research that can be shared with colleagues. |
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