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Re:GDPR penalty for passing on of IP address to Google by us... by kall on Sunday January 30, 2022 @08:10AM (#30136863)
That‘s what it reduces to, yes, and german courts seem set on actually creating precedents [0] for that dreadful situation.

[0] https://www.taylorwessing.com/en/insights-and-events/insight...

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Re:GDPR penalty for passing on of IP address to Google by us... by Jon_Lowtek on Sunday January 30, 2022 @10:32PM (#30144141)
The core issue with the linked situations is that the US Cloud Act applies, which means that US governmental agencies can request access to i.e. traffic logs, without a court order for mass surveillance.
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