A Canadian court has ordered French cloud provider OVHcloud to hand over customer data stored in Europe, potentially undermining the provider's claims about digital sovereignty protections.

According to documents seen by The Register , the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) issued a Production Order in April 2024 demanding subscriber and account data linked to four IP addresses on OVH servers in France, the UK, and Australia as part of a criminal investigation.

OVH has a Canadian arm, which was the jumping-off point for the courts, but OVH Group is a French company, so the data in France should be protected from prying eyes. Or perhaps not.

Rather than using established Mutual Legal Assistance Treaties (MLAT) between Canada and France, the RCMP sought direct disclosure through OVH's C

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