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   Jay (profile), Nov 15th, 2011 @ 1:25am

   
   

   Double standards...

   That's a pretty effective double standard they seem to have. The EU wants to punish US businesses with their laws, which they've done before, in order to send a message to the US.
   
   While I honestly respect that they have better privacy than what our judges seem to advocate, it seems to me that we should criticize the laws that make Twitter need to collect information in the first place.

    

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   The eejit (profile), Nov 15th, 2011 @ 2:24am

   
   

   Re: Double standards...

   Indeed. Yet given the pervasiveness of "you're wrong and here's a list of AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM!" that I come across each day, it's rather interesting. I actually had a debate with an American on how little the US is a democracy, and their actual words were, "so what? Europe isn't a democracy either, but America is better at it than you."
   
   It's bizarre, unhelpful and possibly insane.

    

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   anonymous, Nov 15th, 2011 @ 2:39am

   
   

   as, from what i understand, the US wants to be able to use it's laws everywhere, will be interesting to see if EU laws can be used everywhere as well. if, on the other hand, US doesn't want other countries laws to be used against it, why should US laws be applied against everywhere else? 'good for goose is good for gander' comes to mind!

    

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   A Guy (profile), Nov 15th, 2011 @ 2:42am

   
   

   Where Is The Data Stored

   It may be effective. It depends. Many companies are forced to keep all European information on European servers in order to comply with EU data privacy laws. A European court could order European employees to prevent any transfer and/or secure the server.
   
   If the data is stored on American servers, the Europeans are out of luck.
   
   Either way, I expect big legal trouble for Twitter unless it just hands over the information quietly and then just lies about it.

    

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   Getefix, Nov 15th, 2011 @ 3:18am

   
   

   Privacy in Iceland

   When Icelanders insist on privacy, you know the issue must be important, because their social security numbers are public and contain your unencrypted birth date, anyone can find out the cost of your apartment or house easily through a website, and two weeks a year you can request the state tell you the salary of any individual.

    

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   A Guy (profile), Nov 15th, 2011 @ 3:26am

   
   

   Re: Privacy in Iceland

   Or...
   
   Just like everywhere else, those in the ruling class get more rights than everyone else. This is a MOP. I wonder if it would be different for an average citizen.

    

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   masquisieras, Nov 15th, 2011 @ 4:06am

   
   

   Not Really Double standards...

   If you want operate in EU you must comply with EU law of course an EU company is probably already complying, while the american one will need to adapt and as such is more probable to run fool of it.
   
   Here you have a EU citizen that give information while in the EU to a company operating in the EU and you are complaining because she is asking that EU law is respected?

    

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   ethorad (profile), Nov 15th, 2011 @ 4:58am

   
   

   Re: Where Is The Data Stored

   AFAIK, companies aren't forced to keep EU info on EU servers. Under the European data acts, companies are allowed to transfer data outside of the EU (to companies/locations not under EU law) provided they inform the users that their data "may" be transferred.
   
   Fairly certain that there will be boilerplate in the ToS for twitter etc with that sort of disclaimer.

    

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   A Guy (profile), Nov 15th, 2011 @ 5:14am

   
   

   Re: Re: Where Is The Data Stored

   Looks like you're right. I does look like this is prompting motivating some to change the law though.
   
   https://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/243566/eu_data_protection_reform_will_put_ pressure_on_foreign_companies.html

    

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    FuzzyDuck, Nov 15th, 2011 @ 5:20am

    
    

    Re: Double standards...

    It would work if it forced US companies to host their data about EU citizens in Europe, and thus outside of the reach of US authorities.
    
    But Twitter seems to have been the most honest of the lot in this particular case actually asking for the secrecy to be lifted unlike Facebook for instance. As such Twitter is the last company that should be sued in Europe, she should sue Facebook instead.

     

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    extrememoderate, Nov 15th, 2011 @ 9:50am

    
    

    "I wonder if there could be further implications for Twitter, in that it may no longer be able to comply with European privacy rules. That might create quite a mess."
    
    It would be able to comply if it moved its operations to some better place.

     

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    The Groove Tiger (profile), Nov 15th, 2011 @ 11:58am

    
    

    Re: Re: Double standards...

    Europe isn't a democracy and so can you?

     

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    Jim Mokol, Nov 15th, 2011 @ 4:03pm

    
    

    Wikileaks

    Wikileaks has let out some important and secret information over the last few years. If you don't know what wikileaks is, this article gives an explanation on it.
    
    http://explainlikeakid.blogspot.com/2011/10/wiki-leaks.html

     

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