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Basically, you need to use an email provider in your own country. Each country (hopefully) has laws to protect the privacy of its citizens. Such laws usually do

Basically, you need to use an email provider in your own country. Each country (hopefully) has laws to protect the privacy of its citizens. Such laws usually don't extend to non-citizens. Either that, or encrypt everything you do.

danieldk 12y ago
False. The safe harbor agreement between the US and the EU also gives EU citizens rights: http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-14-27_en.htm http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-14-27_en.htm So, ironically, it may be safer to store your data with a US company than an Australian company. Also, the EU believes (see linked page) that the NSA dragnet may be a violation of the safe harbor agreement.
- junto 12y ago
  Correction - Wouldn't it be better as an EU citizen to store your data with an EU provider (I.e. a non-NSA partner)? The safe harbor agreement has been demonstrated to be patently false. The data wasn't ever safe. Every major US tech company has participated either willingly or forced through secret courts under threat of prison for non-compliance by individual employees. That's not 'safe'. It's a joke. It's a kangaroo court. It's non-democratic. It's anti-privacy. It's a conflict of EU basic human rights. I could go on. The EU has a responsibility to prevent EU citizen's data from leaving the EU, period. I hope they see it through and the safe harbor agreement is the first thing I'd rip up and throw in the the face of whichever kangaroo US President you have now or next time. Then Microsoft need to win their upcoming court case against the USG, which will demonstrate clearly to everyone that the USG cannot open the electronic equivalent of a private sealed letter stored in a bank safe in Ireland, because they damn well feel like it. The US constitution needs another amendment to protect the privacy rights of all, regardless of whether they are US citizens or not. It is time the citizens of the US started pushing for it. These three letter agencies with their massive black budgets funded by narcotics are your mess and it is time you sorted them out. I'll leave this here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buridan%27s_ass http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buridan%27s_ass

danieldk 12y ago

False. The safe harbor agreement between the US and the EU also gives EU citizens rights: http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-14-27_en.htm http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-14-27_en.htm So, ironically, it may be safer to store your data with a US company than an Australian company. Also, the EU believes (see linked page) that the NSA dragnet may be a violation of the safe harbor agreement.

junto 12y ago
Correction - Wouldn't it be better as an EU citizen to store your data with an EU provider (I.e. a non-NSA partner)? The safe harbor agreement has been demonstrated to be patently false. The data wasn't ever safe. Every major US tech company has participated either willingly or forced through secret courts under threat of prison for non-compliance by individual employees. That's not 'safe'. It's a joke. It's a kangaroo court. It's non-democratic. It's anti-privacy. It's a conflict of EU basic human rights. I could go on. The EU has a responsibility to prevent EU citizen's data from leaving the EU, period. I hope they see it through and the safe harbor agreement is the first thing I'd rip up and throw in the the face of whichever kangaroo US President you have now or next time. Then Microsoft need to win their upcoming court case against the USG, which will demonstrate clearly to everyone that the USG cannot open the electronic equivalent of a private sealed letter stored in a bank safe in Ireland, because they damn well feel like it. The US constitution needs another amendment to protect the privacy rights of all, regardless of whether they are US citizens or not. It is time the citizens of the US started pushing for it. These three letter agencies with their massive black budgets funded by narcotics are your mess and it is time you sorted them out. I'll leave this here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buridan%27s_ass http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buridan%27s_ass