Google plan to move British user accounts from EU to US jurisdiction

Dev Kundaliya
clock 20 February 2020 •
Google is planning to move British user accounts to US jurisdiction
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Google is planning to move British user accounts to US jurisdiction

The Cloud Act in the US could make it easier for British authorities to access users' data during investigations

Google is planning to shift British users' data away from hosting centres in Ireland, so it will no longer be subject to Europe's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). According to Reuters, the...

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