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		ojilles on Sept 29, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Why are web startups slow to expand abroad... Not entirely all that's to be done. You can't just export data from the EU to the US as the US has less stringent data protection rules. (This is unless you meant "to register" as "to host")

fun2have on Sept 30, 2010 [–]

You can export the data to the USA as long as 1) the receiver is registered with one of the Data Protection Agencies in Europe or 2) as signed the model contract or 3) has signed up to the safe harbour. It is well worth looking through http://ec.europa.eu/justice/policies/privacy/docs/internatio...

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