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by furyg3 4735 days ago
It will become a problem when European countries / organisations start requiring that data cannot be stored or managed at a US datacenter or by a US organisation.

You already see this happening with with datacenter locations...

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> It will become a problem when European countries / organisations start requiring that data cannot be stored or managed at a US datacenter

There are already restrictions on exporting personal data outside the EU. This is under the various data protection laws.

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_Protection_Directive)

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_Protection_Directive#Tran...)

I guess the exceptions will be tightened up now, especially if EU consumers press for it.