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by foxfluff 1614 days ago
If they're an European company operating and hosting in Europe, the US government has no jurisdiction over them.

If it's an international company, sucks for them (until the countries harmonize their laws to guarantee reasonable privacy protections for everyone internationally). That's exactly why people are now looking for local alternatives to Google et al.
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YetAnotherNick 1614 days ago
> If they're an European company operating and hosting in Europe, the US government has no jurisdiction over them.

No it is not true. Region of operation is completely irrelevant. US could arrest Kim Dotcom. Or non European companies have to comply with GDPR for European customers.

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foxfluff 1614 days ago
It's not completely irrelevant. The US has to cooperate with whichever country Kim/Julian/etc resides in. That country can totally reject the extradition request.
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YetAnotherNick 1614 days ago
They only have to contact them because Kim was not in US soil. They would have to request for any people including American citizens if they are physically in some other country. If Kim decided to vacation to US they could skip all the extradition requests.
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