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Google cannot escape the US government agencies (CLOUD act) etc. It doesn't matter what the promise. They could sell their software stack to an independent Eu
by arlcode 5y ago
Google cannot escape the US government agencies (CLOUD act) etc.
It doesn't matter what the promise.
They could sell their software stack to an independent European partner over whom they don't have any control and who doesn't transmit data back to the US.
- jstummbillig 5y agoIf that was true, how does Google work within China?
- debugnik 5y agoIIRC foreign companies must form a joint venture with a Chinese one that would "own" the data and processing.
- arlcode 5y agoIt mostly doesn't?
- Flocular 5y agoBy sharing data until public relations make change necessary https://www.theverge.com/2021/9/11/22668734/google-user-data-hong-kong-authorities-china https://www.theverge.com/2021/9/11/22668734/google-user-data...
- jstummbillig 5y agoIf China can mandate Google to do something like that and having Google submit to it, effectively escaping US jurisdiction for this part of the world, why wouldn't it work in the EU applied to a completely different set of goals?
- Jon_Lowtek 5y agoUS jurisdiction doesn't even protect its own citizens against their government requesting data from google about them, why would it protect those of Hong Kong from their ... oh wait i get it