On Fri, Apr 14, 2023 at 1:01 AM Kevin Cozens via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote:
On 2023-04-11 09:13, Stewart Russell via talk wrote:
US ownership is fine:
There was a big fuss some years ago about the US government being able to force ISPs to provide access to users accounts, or something like that. I don't remember the specifics but it was enough that I went with a Canadian owned company. The situation may have changed since then and they may not have as easy access to peoples data as they did back then.
AFAIK nothing has changed. IIRC part of the bruha was due to the IRS pushing its nose into 'everyone's' business. A US company is subject to US regulations so if their authorities say cough up - - - -well most companies find it far easier to just cough up. Doesn't matter that you are in Canuckistan and so is your company - - - - your data/website/whatever is NOT - - - - so you are now also subject to American regulations. IMO its bad enough trying to placate the powers that be here - - - - trying to keep a second set happy without that being a deliberate choice (actual physical export of product) - - - - my question would be why. So I would suggest that using an ISP based here is a good idea. (One never knows when some bureaucratic entity decides to go on a rampage - - - and its even harder to follow when its now not even part of one's national information system - - - - if you think I'm full of it - - - - look into the trucking industry and California and there is LOTS of freight moving to and from there from here.) Regards