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I'm getting real tired of this "good intentions" trade union creating problems because they think they're the center of the universe and can just tell companies to violate U.S. Law.
An alternative might be that some companies just don't bother setting up a physical presence in the E.U. (and it's not clear they couldn't go down that route), because why bother with people constantly trying to pit them for political reasons?
Under the CLOUD Act, U.S. companies are *required* to turn over data to U.S. legal process *regardless* of the location of the data.
If it resides in another country, and there are conflicting laws, they *must* violate those laws, or face liability under U.S. Law.
But, even if the CLOUD Act didn't come into play, it would still be troublesome, because it establishes the norm of storing data in your own country, and that country might not be as kind as the U.S. one.