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Just a bump to support this comment. Too many people do not realize that the privacy breaching laws (public and secret, if they are even adhered to by the govt

by jeffh 13y ago

Just a bump to support this comment. Too many people do not realize that the privacy breaching laws (public and secret, if they are even adhered to by the govt) extend to any US entity wherever the data is in the world. This is why data on Amazon, Google or Microsoft data centers in Europe and elsewhere are still open season for US authorities. The same would apply to Mozilla.

gst 13y ago
How is this compatible with European privacy laws? Wouldn't this mean European customers would be able to sue those companies over violation of this laws?
- workhere-io 13y ago
  European privacy laws vary greatly. Even within the EU (which only covers half Europe's population) privacy laws vary a lot.
  - shardling 13y ago
    Yet there are some universal EU privacy rules.
    - mpweiher 13y ago
      Yes, but the US doesn't care.
- psionski 13y ago
  I think this should be regulated by the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Safe_Harbor_Privacy_Principles https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Safe_Harbor_Priv... , basically US companies must certify themselves by the stricter EU laws... But I'm not sure if this is mandatory.