> I think this situation is much closer to what's going on in the original post. No one's life is threatened, but the letter of the law has been broken. I stro

> I think this situation is much closer to what's going on in the original post. No one's life is threatened, but the letter of the law has been broken. I strongly disagree. First, it's not just the letter of the law which is violated. The basic intent of the law is at odds with the actions of Google Analytics. Starting with Safe Harbour, Privacy Shield and now the standard contractual clauses, the courts consistently decided that no matter how precisly it is formulated, data is just not sufficiently protected by current US laws to allow sharing. Also the important difference with Hacker News is that Hacker News violating these rules mostly affects Hacker News itself, while GA violating the rules leads to liability risks for web developers who keep transmitting third party personal data to it.