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TikTok has started routing European user data through its data center in Ireland
- samstave 3y agoIreland has a long, intereesting history in the tech space - before YC, there were a ton of startup incubation strategies occuring in silicon valley - and the irish national tech council or whatever they were called were luring tech companies to ireland... (recall Delorian Motor Cars) Many FAANGS have built out there - and I can only assume that the laws re data in .ie are likely "bribable" and given its status in basically 5-eyes - I would assume ireland is a privacy nightmare when you get down to brass tacks.
- igravious 3y agoI am from Ireland. (1) There is no "irish national tech council" (2) Delorian Motor Car was based in the North of Ireland which is a part of the United Kingdom (3) FAANGS built here because of tax breaks, the hard work of the IDA (https://www.idaireland.com/ https://www.idaireland.com/), educated population, English speaking, part of the EU, etc. (4) Here is the Data Protection Act from 2018 https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2018/act/7/enacted/en/html https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2018/act/7/enacted/en/ht... it's actually a good law and annoys Big Tech companies as does EU law like GDPR (5) Saying Ireland "its status in basically 5-eyes" is one of the most politically ignorant things I've heard in a while. (6) "I would assume ireland is a privacy nightmare when you get down to brass tacks." – again, idiotic statement – you know nothing about this country. Hope that helps.