Euro MPs back end-to-end encryption for all citizens

Re:Euro MPs back end-to-end encryption for all citizens by throwawaymanbot on Tuesday June 20, 2017 @10:09AM (#14594734)

I would imagine, since the EU is where the Data resides, and the EU is the legal jurisdiction, that the EU would take precedence. Its monumental nationalistic and legal hubris to think that American law takes precedence anywhere in the world, let alone with an ally as large as the EU.

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Re:Euro MPs back end-to-end encryption for all citizens by luma on Tuesday June 20, 2017 @11:06AM (#14595168)

Be that as it may, there is nothing to stop US authorities from charging US companies with crimes if they were to comply with EU laws. They are in direct conflict, and any internet-based company operating on nearly any scale is in danger of running afoul of these sorts of issues. This isn't a Google/Facebook only problem, this is a problem for any web service that might store user data.

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Re:Euro MPs back end-to-end encryption for all citizens by throwawaymanbot on Tuesday June 20, 2017 @04:13PM (#14598164)

This is a US Govt overreach problem. Not an EU directive problem.

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Re:Euro MPs back end-to-end encryption for all citizens by k-mcgrady on Tuesday June 20, 2017 @11:29AM (#14595350)

Maybe the EU/US Privacy Shield will help handle situations like the above.

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Re:Euro MPs back end-to-end encryption for all citizens by ryanlol on Tuesday June 20, 2017 @12:26PM (#14595951)

>there is nothing to stop US authorities from charging US companies with crimes if they were to comply with EU laws

There is nothing stopping you from shooting yourself in the foot either. (Or stabbing I guess in case you don't have access to firearms)

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