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[โ€“] [email protected] 33 points 1 week ago (7 children)

If only my government were as thorough when it comes to US firms and the Cloud Act. :(

[โ€“] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago (6 children)

It's because it's only unlawful when a non NATO country does it. Otherwise your information is free to market.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

As much as I like to shit on the Gouvernement, the EU has shown a surprising amount of teeth when it comes to enforcing the GDPA including some hefty fines for multiple US based companies like Facebook and Google.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

@XM34 @DeathsEmbrace

You're an optimist. The fines were insignificant, and these companies are collecting more data than ever before.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

Then there will ve more fines and they will be even larger. That's the nice thing about the GDPA, it has the abiliy to actually hurt these companies. :)

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