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I think the presence of international standards like the one potentially being established by GDPR makes outsourcing easier, not harder.

It would make little sense for an Argentine developer to learn the intricacies of Slovenian data protection regulations. It makes a lot more sense for her to learn the intricacies of GDPR (and whatever the US comes up with).

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Even if there are international treaties (which is not going to come soon, given the state of global diplomacy) one day, the core principle of GDPR is to minimize data holding and transfer.

Saving a couple dollars on wages for corp drones? I highly doubt this reason is going to fly well under that principle.

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