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I think the big problem is that our regulations are too strict for US companies to comply to without breaking US laws. I have a feeling that if the US had insan
by Hamcha 4y ago
I think the big problem is that our regulations are too strict for US companies to comply to without breaking US laws. I have a feeling that if the US had insanely good privacy laws, EU probably wouldn't have too much issue delegating to US companies.
There is no winning scenario by continuing to use foreign products that are subjugated by foreign laws, so might as well try to get something done on the inside. That or declare privacy dead already and move to the next thing to lose control over.
- FateOfNations 4y agoMy understanding is that this isn't about "privacy" in the "evil corporation selling my data" sense, but specifically about US-based companies' obligation comply with search warrants for data that they have access to. An "insanely good privacy law" isn't going to fix it. The thing that set it off was "a 2013 drug trafficking investigation, during which the FBI issued an [Stored Communications Act] warrant for emails that a U.S. citizen had stored on one of Microsoft's remote servers in Ireland, which Microsoft refused to provide." The US promptly changed the law to require US companies comply with search warrants, regardless of where the data is located. European Data Regulators have a big problem with this.
- Gwypaas 4y agoThat is already the case. There is a list of approved third countries where transfer of data is acceptable since they provide guarantees for that data in line with GDPR. https://www.imy.se/en/organisations/data-protection/this-applies-accordning-to-gdpr/transfer-of-data-to-a-third-country/ https://www.imy.se/en/organisations/data-protection/this-app...