[testaccountfor]

US cloud companies can be forced by the US government to spy on European citizens. That's the reasoning behind this ruling. Are you not aware of the NSA spying programs?

[mgraczyk]

Right, that's why I included my last paragraph. EU companies can also be forced by the US government to spy on European citizens. It happens all the time.

[xdennis]

> EU companies can also be forced by the US government to spy on European citizens.

How? If a company is not American how can it be forced by the US?

[wins32767]

I'm sure industrial policy and thus economics had no factor in those laws being written.