People talk about how the Great Firewall creates a Chinese version of the Internet but not much about how the GDPR has basically done the same for Europe. The few good essays on this I’ve seen are by @benedictevans and @benthompson
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I thought California had a law that was comparable to GDPR.
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California's laws do not imply that the only way to keep user data safe from privacy violations is for all Californians user data be processed and stored on servers in California.
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That is not what GDPR requires
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There is no problem storing data outside of the EU if GDPR standards are met. Switzerland, Iceland, Australia are some examples. I know it might be surprising from a US perspective, but there might be a need to change because of laws made by non-US citizens
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Replying to @benedictevans @Carnage4Life @bertil_hatt @benthompson
I don’t see how you derive at that interpretation. Can you point to a court ruling that supports this? Schrems 2 alone doesn’t.

Feb 11, 2022 · 1:42 PM UTC

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Yes, but that does not mean PII can’t be hosted in the US. It means you can’t give your users’ PII to 3rd parties without their consent, which is a good thing in my book
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