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'Data stays in EU' is not true: the US CLOUD act means that American law enforcement and intelligence agencies can and do access data stored in data centers operated by American companies, whether or not they are on American soil.


If you have local warrants.


IIRC the US-UK CLOUD Act Agreement extended the jurisdiction of each parties warrants onto the other parties territory.

I have not looked at the US-EU agreement.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Corp._v._United_Stat...

You don't need an agreement.

Tthe EU commission has tried to create schemes bypassing the issue, and twice they were dismantled by the EU supreme court.


> If you have local warrants

To obey local laws

The USA is going "unlawful", so the risks are technical and real. Local laws do not apply




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