Discussion

• @gcluley Graham Cluley on x

  Timely reminder: Other search engines are available. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...

• @uk_domain_names Edwin Hayward on x

  Looks like Google may be readying to transfer UK user accounts from Ireland to the US, which would take them outside the scope of the EU's GDPR regulations. Net effect will be much weaker privacy protection for us. (Move is Brexit-related, of course.) https://www.reuters.com/...

• @cornwall4eu @cornwall4eu on x

  Google users in UK to lose EU data protection. Doesn't “taking back control” feel great? At last we have the freedom to let giant global corporations exploit our personal information without those pesky EU bureaucrats getting in the way. https://mobile.reuters.com/...

• @slpng_giants @slpng_giants on x

  .@google never has to follow any government regulations because they are more powerful than any government. Good luck, UK. https://twitter.com/...

• @travelfish Stuart McDonald on x

  “Beyond that, the United States has among the weakest privacy protections of any major economy, with no broad law despite years of advocacy by consumer protection groups.” https://mobile.reuters.com/... Taking back control...

• @tha_rami Rami Ismail on x

  It's time for the Brits to take back contr-I mean place all their personal data into one of the most aggressively de-regulated privacy territories in the Western world, and that's true for US citizens, but even worse for the foreigners the Brits are now. https://www.reuters.com/.…

• @blmohr @blmohr on x

  “The shift, prompted by Britain's exit from the EU, will leave the sensitive personal information of tens of millions with less protection and within easier reach of British law enforcement.” https://www.reuters.com/...

• @zackwhittaker Zack Whittaker on x

  Wow. Seems about right. Per @josephmenn: “The shift, prompted by Britain's exit from the EU, will leave the sensitive personal information of tens of millions with less protection and within easier reach of British law enforcement.” https://www.reuters.com/...

• @iainthomson Iain Thomson on x

  Sure, we lose data protection but BLUE PASSPORTS! https://twitter.com/...

• @podehaye Paul-Olivier Dehaye on x

  This sounds inconsistent with the approach towards Switzerland https://www.reuters.com/...

• @mikebutcher Mike Butcher on x

  Google is planning to move its British users' accounts out of the control of European Union privacy regulators, placing them under U.S. jurisdiction, leaving personal information of UK citizens with less protection and within easier reach of British law. https://www.reuters.com/.…

• @andymcgeady Andy McGeady on x

  Wow. So very #BrexitShambles-predictable. But wow. https://twitter.com/...

• @gavinsblog Gavin Sheridan on x

  Taking back control by losing control. https://www.reuters.com/...

• @arashbahmani Arash Bahmani on x

  “Google is planning to move its British users' accounts out of the control of EU privacy regulators, placing them under US jurisdiction. The shift will leave the sensitive personal information of millions with less protection and within easier reach of British law enforcement”. h…