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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.

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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.

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