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Re:Shopify Is Illegal in Germany by pyrale on Friday November 11, 2022 @12:12PM (#33563503)
The simple answer is that collecting personal data while being located in the US means that you can't guarantee that you will respect European law.

> There are zero plans to collect anything that is not needed

Unfortunately, it's not up for you to decide. The US has laws that makes it legal for your government to harvest data, and it has used these laws against EU citizen in the past. The US has also asked US services to collect data they were not previously collecting, with a gag order to prevent customers from learning it.

Re:Shopify Is Illegal in Germany by ghoward on Friday November 11, 2022 @12:33PM (#33563829)
> Unfortunately, it's not up for you to decide. The US has laws that makes it legal for your government to harvest data, and it has used these laws against EU citizen in the past.

Yeah, I was afraid of this.

> The US has also asked US services to collect data they were not previously collecting, with a gag order to prevent customers from learning it.

I'm so bullish on privacy that I would actually shut down my company if this happens. US courts cannot force me to remain in business.

Re:Shopify Is Illegal in Germany by pyrale on Friday November 11, 2022 @02:25PM (#33565499)
> I'm so bullish on privacy that I would actually shut down my company if this happens. US courts cannot force me to remain in business.

I believe that's what Lavabit did when they were served that kind of order. Not sure that helps with EU legality, though.

Re:Shopify Is Illegal in Germany by nolok on Friday November 11, 2022 @12:32PM (#33563804)
Exactly, it's not the EU overreacting about "what could be", those things have already happened