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Personally, I was following the Microsoft case and thinking about what kind of rules would match well with the reality of global infrastructure, and it certainl

Personally, I was following the Microsoft case and thinking about what kind of rules would match well with the reality of global infrastructure, and it certainly wasn't this law. Logically, it doesn't really matter in what country something is stored. An ideal database will send or cache data, or perhaps incomplete/encrypted data, near every user and in multiple processing/backup centers. So the location of the data should not matter at all for jurisdiction, but instead just the location of the company, users and/or employees who can access it. And the US shouldn't need to ask foreign governments to hand over data which they could compel local business to provide.

mtgx 9y ago
Unless it cares about its companies long-term prospects abroad. Look at it this way. China has "every right" to demand its Chinese companies to have backdoors in products (and it has done exactly that). But look what backlash that's creating now against Chinese companies not just from other governments but also from the citizens of those countries. Also, the US government could have at least maintained the pretense of judicial process (even if it would happen through its own US courts). But it didn't. The law says the executive can ask for data whenever it feels like it.