NOA switches to Norwegian servers

NOA has replaced Heroku, owned by American Amazon with servers in Ireland, with Norwegian Tussa and servers in Sunnmøre. We do this to reassure our customers and users so that we can help even more with attendance registration.

Background for the decision:
On July 16, 2020, the European Court of Justice issued a landmark ruling on the transfer of personal data to countries outside the EU/EEA, which may have implications for several digital solutions used by citizens, public and private companies. The decision is called the “Schrems II judgment” after the Austrian privacy activist Max Schrems. Schrems complained to the Irish Data Protection Commission to stop the transfer of personal data between Facebook Ireland and Facebook Inc. in the USA. He argued that his personal data was not adequately protected in the USA.

A consequence of the Schrems II judgment is therefore stricter transfer conditions from the EU to the USA to ensure privacy.

In NOA, we therefore choose to remove all uncertainty surrounding this issue by switching to Norwegian Tussa with storage, monitoring and daily backup at an external location.

If you would like to hear more about NOA's secure services and start using them this fall, please contact us here via the contact form, or send an email directly to hege@noticeofattendance.com.