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Switzerland\u2019s data protection authorities have raised sharp concerns over how government agencies rely on global cloud providers for handling sensitive information. In a new resolution, privatim warned that international SaaS platforms expose citizen data to legal uncertainty, weak encryption standards, and foreign access laws. 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