[atlanticus]

The UK gov shares data with the US.

[alexchamberlain]

It can only share a certain amount under EU Law. There would have to be some sort of criminal threat.

[bobbydavid]

Is there any check/balance on the definition of "criminal threat"? Because that's a pretty loose definition a priori.

"We believe a terrorist exists in GB. That constitutes a criminal threat. To catch him or her, we need to run big data analysis on all communications."

[alexchamberlain]

That doesn't follow - that wouldn't allow the export of European data to the US.