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daviddumenil | 6 years ago

This is a misleading title.

The UK government gave access to US companies. There's currently no suggestion that the data moved to the US.

More details here: https://euobserver.com/justice/145530

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sudoaza|6 years ago

By US law companies are obligated to reveal any data they are ordered to and many times do that illegally also.

dangerface|6 years ago

You are posting a false narrative according to your own link.

> UK made illegal copies of classified personal information from a database reserved for members of the passport-free Schengen travel zone.

Why?

tzs|6 years ago

His link says that the UK made copies, and that private contractors hired by the UK government such as IBM were given access. IBM, and most other firms that the UK government likely uses as contractors, have offices and data centers in the UK.

I didn't notice anywhere in his link that said that anyone moved copies of the data to the US.

xpuente|6 years ago

Surprise. The bits can be in two or more places at the same time. You known... the magic of "cp"

empath75|6 years ago

The US companies were working for the UK government as well, i think.