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How about you fix ur laws then and stop banning EU companies from using US companies.

EU companies can do business with US companies as long as they're following the law. Thousands of companies and websites have no problem doing so.

Tell that to the companies fined for using mail chimp. You might to look up the regulatory requirements to "follow the law". when it comes to EU companies using services from US based companies. Even if the data never leaves the EU...

AFAIK They weren't ultimately fined, just warned... and it was one company.

They were warned because they were transferring email addresses to a company that falls under US Surveillance law and there weren't any relevant legal protections in place... and the company facing the fine never did any due diligence to check.

If you run a business and don't consult a lawyer about privacy laws you're taking a big risk... many countries have laws that you could easily run afoul, even other states in the US.

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