Estonia seeks UK datacentre to protect citizens’ personal data from hackers – report

Estonia is reportedly in talks with the UK and Luxembourg governments about the possibility of occupying datacentre space in either location to backup the vast quantities of data that allow its digitally led economy to flourish. According to a report in the Financial Times, Estonian officials are keen to establish a backup datacentre outside of the Baltic state to house sensitive personal data belonging to citizens because of growing concerns about the cyber security threat posed to the country by Russia. The Estonian economy is largely paperless, so the facility will be used to hold digital copies of people’s birth certificates, banking details and the electoral roll, the report states. For the full article click here 

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