Concerns about the affect the Patriot Act has on data stored by U.S. companies in Europe have also been raised in the European Parliament (EP).

According to Sophie in 't Veld, MP for the democratic ALDE party in the EP, this is a very serious problem "This is not how we deal with each other," In 't Veld said in a phone interview. "The European Commission should say to the American government: 'You have to respect our rules.'"

According to In 't Veld, the American government should not be allowed to have a back door into cloud data stored in Europe.

However, simply excluding American cloud providers from government bids is not the way to solve the problem, In 't Veld said. She called the approach the Dutch government is considering "economically and politically unwise." American cloud providers should be able to provide services in the European Union and should do that abiding by European laws; the American government has to stay out of that, she said.

The , European commissioner for justice, fundamental rights and citizenship, to remedy the situation. Reding should contact the U.S. government to "ensure that EU data protection rules can be effectively enforced and that third-country legislation does not take precedence over E.U. legislation," ALDE said.