Difference is that your US and German branches have access to a justice system that can stop the government.
In China, the justice system is part of the CCP and if you don’t comply, your company is gone.
In China, the justice system is part of the CCP and if you don’t comply, your company is gone.
Germany sure, but The US? Do you not remember the Snowden leaks at all?
Almost every company I've worked with the past several years has had a very strict No-US-Servers-Ever-policy, because people don't trusts the US government to not snoop around.
There might be a law that allows government to obtain the data if it is a matter of national security. And what is considered such a matter is up to government to decide.
Haha, good one.