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by astaunton 1552 days ago
Just to clarify, it is not just a preference, it is a legal requirement to store data of all EU citizens according to the GDPR.

https://gdpr.eu/what-is-gdpr/#:~:text=The%20regulation%20was....

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/18/fines-for-breaches-of-eu-gdp...

https://www.enforcementtracker.com/

It has also been ruled recently that pop-ups asking EU users to opt-in or opt-out of data sharing, where cookies etc can pass their data to the U.S., are also outside the GDPR.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/martyswant/2022/02/02/europes-n...

https://www.brookings.edu/research/the-court-of-justice-of-t...

There were updates by Meta, Google etc based on recent ruling to update their terms and to change where & how they were storing data. The recent rulings could have major impact on Google Analyitics etc

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It's not a legal requirement to store all that data in the EU.

Although it might be pragmatic to do so given the last few agreements with the US on this were shot down in court.