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Re:AWS and EU Safe Harbor by korisnik on Saturday October 10, 2015 @03:56AM (#10364854)
>EU bureaucracy is a destructive force.

It's a defensive force in this case.

Have people suddenly forgotten what happens with data in the US?

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Re:AWS and EU Safe Harbor by aexaey on Saturday October 10, 2015 @05:15AM (#10364965)
If intent and actual effects of EU cookie law are anything to go by, EU Safe Harbor is going to create:

- a "value-add" or middleman opportunity on service provider side (think hosting companies differentiating themselves as compliant, like in discussed piece, or offers of "one stop EU compliance", and similar check-box ticking);

- more annoying popups for users ("this service is not available in your country", "click here to acknowledge you are outside EU", etc).

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Re:AWS and EU Safe Harbor by fasteo on Saturday October 10, 2015 @05:59AM (#10365030)
> Have people suddenly forgotten what happens with data in the US?

I am afraid that this EU law will not protect your data against those who made the laws.

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Re:AWS and EU Safe Harbor by M2Ys4U on Saturday October 10, 2015 @10:41AM (#10365620)
It's not all about the US government, though.

US companies act fast a loose with personal data even when the US government is nowhere to be seen.

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