Mozilla should move Persona out of the US

Re:Mozilla should move Persona out of the US by jeffh on Monday June 10, 2013 @11:08AM (#5854904)

Just a bump to support this comment. Too many people do not realize that the privacy breaching laws (public and secret, if they are even adhered to by the govt) extend to any US entity wherever the data is in the world.

This is why data on Amazon, Google or Microsoft data centers in Europe and elsewhere are still open season for US authorities. The same would apply to Mozilla.

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Re:Mozilla should move Persona out of the US by gst on Monday June 10, 2013 @11:49AM (#5855174)

How is this compatible with European privacy laws? Wouldn't this mean European customers would be able to sue those companies over violation of this laws?

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Re:Mozilla should move Persona out of the US by psionski on Wednesday June 12, 2013 @10:02AM (#5868096)

I think this should be regulated by the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Safe_Harbor_Priv... , basically US companies must certify themselves by the stricter EU laws... But I'm not sure if this is mandatory.

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Re:Mozilla should move Persona out of the US by workhere-io on Monday June 10, 2013 @12:37PM (#5855475)

European privacy laws vary greatly. Even within the EU (which only covers half Europe's population) privacy laws vary a lot.

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Re:Mozilla should move Persona out of the US by shardling on Monday June 10, 2013 @01:00PM (#5855626)

Yet there are some universal EU privacy rules.

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Re:Mozilla should move Persona out of the US by mpweiher on Tuesday June 11, 2013 @02:46AM (#5860166)

Yes, but the US doesn't care.

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