Re:Usage of EU subsidiaries of US cloud providers deemed unl...
by colechristensen on Monday August 08, 2022 @03:10PM
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I wouldn't say so.
Restricting the sale or transfer of personal data to a foreign-held company that can and will obey foreign laws with regards to that data is, I think, perfectly fair.
The dances companies go through to appear local or non-local with shell companies is an abuse of the intent of many laws.
Microsoft/Google/Amazon/etc. probably can figure out how to operate in Europe to comply with the intent of the law, but it might require a rather large actual separation of interests rather than a shallow apparent one.
Restricting the sale or transfer of personal data to a foreign-held company that can and will obey foreign laws with regards to that data is, I think, perfectly fair.
The dances companies go through to appear local or non-local with shell companies is an abuse of the intent of many laws.
Microsoft/Google/Amazon/etc. probably can figure out how to operate in Europe to comply with the intent of the law, but it might require a rather large actual separation of interests rather than a shallow apparent one.