> the checks and balances you mentioned don't apply
That is not true - you aren’t guaranteed anything by the US constitution but the agreements in place by these partner countries specifically govern how this data is handled. Again though... they are highly integrated systems addressable by agencies both here in the EU and in the US.
Those agreements do not guarantee anything on their own; they need enforcement by a human once slight is detected. And that leaves a non-zero chance that US is spying the data of foreigners going through their servers.
This is the hilarious part of American complaints over TikTok and China. It implicitly reveals the knowledge of such techniques used in practice (why is US fine with Facebook holding same position wrt. foreigners?)
EU would be wise to restrict American access to our information ecology. European Firewall can't come soon enough.
> EU would be wise to restrict American access to our information ecology.
When it comes to intelligence the opposite is happening - we are becoming more integrated with each other and the US. I personally think that’s probably a good thing. Our combined efforts encourage positive cooperation.
That is not true - you aren’t guaranteed anything by the US constitution but the agreements in place by these partner countries specifically govern how this data is handled. Again though... they are highly integrated systems addressable by agencies both here in the EU and in the US.