A survey released by The Cloud Security Alliance has revealed that U.S. technology firms are losing a substantial number of international clients in response to news of America's vast and unchecked surveillance infrastructure.
The Cloud Security Alliance, a non-profit made up of 48,000 individuals and corporations involved in internet-related businesses, revealed in its survey that between June 25 and July 9 alone, a substantial number of international firms dropped contracts with American businesses.
Per AFP:
The Cloud Security Alliance said 10 percent of its non-US members have cancelled a contract with a US-based cloud provider, and 56 percent said they were less likely to use an American company.
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In the survey, 36 percent of US firms polled said the revelations would make it more difficult for their company to do business outside the United States.
These numbers were culled after the initial revelations made by Edward Snowden regarding the NSA's international data mining. In recent weeks, these numbers have likely risen with further revelations about the NSA's myriad data collection programs, including PRISM.
It's for this reason that companies such as Microsoft and Google are demanding the government make their dealings with the intelligence community and the FBI more transparent.
For the NSA's Fourth Amendment transgressions are not just violating Americans' privacy rights, but harming American businesses as well.