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Re:Google plans to move UK users' accounts outside EU jurisd... by nightcracker on Thursday February 20, 2020 @11:49AM (#22376381)
> These changes to our Terms and privacy policy don’t affect your privacy settings or the way that we treat your information.

This is such a blatant lie what the hell. The only reason for this move is specifically to treat your information in ways that are not legal now.

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Re:Google plans to move UK users' accounts outside EU jurisd... by dboreham on Thursday February 20, 2020 @12:13PM (#22376592)
Not necessarily. They might treat information the same way but generate different paperwork or have different levels of risk from frivolous lawsuits.
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Re:Google plans to move UK users' accounts outside EU jurisd... by duxut_staglatz on Thursday February 20, 2020 @01:02PM (#22377052)
This is not a lie if these changes do not do anything but later ones will.
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Re:Google plans to move UK users' accounts outside EU jurisd... by TheCoelacanth on Thursday February 20, 2020 @12:43PM (#22376887)
Alternate interpretation: it doesn't affect the way they treat your information because they weren't going to follow GDPR anyway.
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