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This is just small victory. AFAIK, US government can still ask without a court order Facebook or MS or any other US company to handle them the data of/for europ

This is just small victory. AFAIK, US government can still ask without a court order Facebook or MS or any other US company to handle them the data of/for european citizens that hosted in Europe.

M2Ys4U 11y ago
That's one thing that the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation)[0] which is in the legislative pipeline at the moment is looking to fix. The proposals include being able to levy a fine up to €1,000,000 or up to 5% of the annual worldwide turnover (whichever is greater) if they fail to comply with EU data protection rules. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Data_Protection_Regula.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Data_Protection_Regula....