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> is there hard evidence of misuse of Gmail user data? Yes, the Snowden leaks. It doesn't matter whether Google themselves takes privacy seriously, they are a
by tirpen 4y ago
> is there hard evidence of misuse of Gmail user data?
Yes, the Snowden leaks.
It doesn't matter whether Google themselves takes privacy seriously, they are a US company and therefor when handling personal information we must always assume that everything that is uploaded to their servers is sent straight to the NSA as well. Because that's what US law allows for.
I'm not even exaggerating, according to the latest rulings by EDPB, storing personal information on US servers is pretty much always forbidden unless you store it in encrypted form and control the encryption key.
- sidibe 4y agoPretty sure all the big players are working around that by hosting European things in their European data centers. But maybe the US government can pressure them to give that information up too in which case it would mean US companies that have or use private data shouldnt be allowed to operate in Europe
- angio 4y agoThe CLOUD ACT was passed explicitly because Microsoft argued that data hosted on European servers was out of reach of the US government.
- rattray 4y agoWhat does the CLOUD ACT do?
- sidibe 4y agoAh well in that case it seems that no American company with private data should be allowed to do business in Europe if we look at the recent laws in Europe and this American one?
- angio 4y agoIt's more complicated than that, for now it looks like courts will decide on a service by service basis.