HMD Global brings the data and their analysis to Europe with Google Cloud

HMD Global, a Finnish company licensed to the smartphone industry for Nokia, announced the beginning of a cooperation with Google and CGI to take Nokia phone information to Europe and, more specifically, to Finland. The initiative will take Nokia smartphone information to the Hamina, Finland Google Cloud Region, where it will be stored and analyzed.

HMD Global takes Nokia smartphone information to Finland with Google, and Google's data centers in Finland will be used by CGI HMD Global to store and evaluate Nokia smartphone information. In particular, the information to be stored in Hammina are performance analysis data and activation associated information.

The firm said it wished to take this information to Europe in order to react better to data security and privacy demands, also owing to legislation such as the GDPR (which is presently only being implemented by 23 percent of Italian businesses)

The data will be stored in Finland starting with the marketing of the new Nokia 4.2, 3.2 and 2.2, with the other smartphone data gradually moving to the new location with the update to Android Q, scheduled for the end of the year and in 2020.

CGI oversaw the development and collection from the smartphone of the back-end infrastructure needed for data management. HMD Global was also instructed by the business on data analysis and tracking of the solution's efficacy.

"We decided to work with Google Cloud Platform to satisfy our growing data storage requirements with regard to our Finnish DNA, increasing investment in our home nation," said Juho Sarvikas, HMD Global's Chief Product Officer. "We want to guarantee maximum transparency on how to collect and store device activation data and guarantee that customers know how this will enhance their experience. This shift seeks to further enhance our pure, safe and up-to-date Android commitment, with a focus on safety and privacy through our Finnish servers."