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> Any US company operating in the EU is at risk of constant fines no matter what you do, due to this geopolitical issue. So why don't the poor trillion-dollar
by troupo 2y ago
> Any US company operating in the EU is at risk of constant fines no matter what you do, due to this geopolitical issue.
So why don't the poor trillion-dollar supranational corporations do anything about it?
I can tell you why: they are happy about this. And you can often find they sign their support for these laws in the US.
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The CLOUD Act primarily amends the Stored Communications Act (SCA) of 1986 to allow federal law enforcement to compel U.S.-based technology companies via warrant or subpoena to provide requested data stored on servers regardless of whether the data are stored in the U.S. or on foreign soil.
The CLOUD Act received support from Department of Justice and of major technology companies like Microsoft, AWS, Apple, and Google.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CLOUD_Act?wprov=sfti1# https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CLOUD_Act?wprov=sfti1#
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Boohoo cry me a river about the plight of these poor hapless companies.