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by anticensor 2314 days ago
Britain already adopted GDPR-based data protection law. If anything, Brexit will tighten the situation by requiring the data of British to stay in Britain.
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That certainly is an outcome. Equally does add more credence to the Google move as if the data was in the EU, then the potential to kick up a fuss and roll out laws to insist it is in the UK would play out faster than say that data in the USA.

Equally - I'd say costs may well play out more and what is the cost to host in Ireland compared to hosting in the USA?

Even when we are talking pennies/cents in difference - at the scale of Google - that soon adds up and if they can, they will.