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Re:Google must turn over foreign-stored emails pursuant to a... by dibstern on Friday February 03, 2017 @06:58PM (#13564497)
US companies and the data they control is obviously going to be under the jurisdiction of law enforcement where the company is located, in the US.

Especially if the data storage location is, for all user purposes, arbitrary.

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Re:Google must turn over foreign-stored emails pursuant to a... by the8472 on Saturday February 04, 2017 @03:07AM (#13566177)
They are also under the jurisdiction of their foreign offices and have to adhere to privacy laws abroad. Which means it may be illegal in other countries for google to execute that order on foreign soil.

And that is why we have separate jurisdictions in the first place, to avoid such irreconcilable conflicts.

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Re:Google must turn over foreign-stored emails pursuant to a... by guax on Friday February 03, 2017 @08:31PM (#13565035)
But how do you define location of the company if it have offices on other countries where the users are from? Would US assume that the rest of the world doesnt count as long as any representation of the company is physically located in the country?
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