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No, I don't agree with that, they're first party terms so the only law that would impact it is if the UK said "you MUST NOT protect users privacy or you'll go t
by matt-p 2y ago
No, I don't agree with that, they're first party terms so the only law that would impact it is if the UK said "you MUST NOT protect users privacy or you'll go to jail" that won't happen. They would only revoke default protection, which doesn't matter as the protection is expressly contractual.
Passing, revoking or changing a UK law is not an instant thing either, trust me. So the only difference in those scenarios are that Portugal leaving the EU would take a bit longer than the UK removing a law from the statutes? So essentially there's no difference whatsoever?
- p_l 2y agoNo, the idea is that UK might pass a law that overrides the mandatory protections, just like US CLOUD Act. So it's not even a theoretical issue, it's a well-trodden path from attempts at trade-deal guaranteeing things with USA.
- matt-p 2y agoSo it's not acceptable for a EU company to store any customer data with a US company? They very literally all do. We are also not the US, and are I'm sure happy to arrange a sensible agreement. Regardless I still don't think this is the big issue that some europeans make it out to be, back in the real world I don't think we've lost any customers due to brexit. I think the friction in gaining new ones from the EU is purely psychological "but brexit makes that hard" or "but you're not in europe, /yes we are/ oh you know what I mean".