Overall the US government acts as if other countries are not really sovereign entities, because software is eating the world. Hence the US is entitled to listen to everything non-US people say, read everything non-US people write, search data not stored on US soil, monitor non-US financial transactions, etc. All without having to respect any law of any other country.
The EU data protection bans storage of data about EU citizens outside the EU. Eventually the ban may have to include storage of data by US companies, even if in the EU.
This is going to end badly for American Internet companies. It's not just the NSA scandals. Americans need to realize that people outside the US have options, and at some point it will become a major handicap to be a US business -- seen as a conduit for US government power and spying.
I don't see how the US could or will step back from these abuses of power.
The EU data protection bans storage of data about EU citizens outside the EU. Eventually the ban may have to include storage of data by US companies, even if in the EU.
This is going to end badly for American Internet companies. It's not just the NSA scandals. Americans need to realize that people outside the US have options, and at some point it will become a major handicap to be a US business -- seen as a conduit for US government power and spying.
I don't see how the US could or will step back from these abuses of power.