But is it really?
If your AI runs in the cloud – Microsoft, Google, AWS – here's what you need to know:
The US CLOUD Act (2018) allows US authorities to demand access to your data, even if it's stored in Europe. Even if it violates GDPR.
In 2025, the General Manager of Microsoft France testified under oath before the French Senate: "I cannot guarantee that French citizens' data is safe from US authorities."
Google, Amazon and Salesforce said the same.
Storing data in an EU data centre is not enough. If the provider is a US company – US law follows the data.
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This is why I built GO-GATE with 100% on-premise as the core principle.
Your AI. Your hardware. Your country. Your laws.
No cloud required for the core. No foreign jurisdiction over your data. No backdoors you didn't build yourself.
GO-GATE gives AI agents clear boundaries: Low risk → Auto-approved Medium risk → Verified first High risk (sharing data, deleting records) → YOU approve from your phone
Full audit trail. Always.
Built in Norway • Apache 2.0 • Open Source github.com/billyxp74/go-gate
Where does your organisation's AI run? Do you know who has access to that data?