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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...

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Published in:Times Higher Education Supplement no. 1770; p. 10
Main Author: Fine, Philip
Format: Article
Published: TSL Education Limited 11/24/2006
Subjects:
Client/server computing
Universities & colleges
Patriot Act of 2001
Military surveillance
RefWorks LLC
United States
Canada
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary: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.