Yahoo Digs In Against Belgian Ruling Demanding User Info
from the belgium-is-a-lot-smaller-than-china dept
Yahoo got into a lot of PR trouble (and some Congressional scrutiny) a few years back for its cooperation with the Chinese government in handing over info on some users. Folks at Yahoo have certainly suggested in the past that this was a mistake on the company's part, and it looks like it's acting differently this time around... in Belgium. There, a court has fined Yahoo for failing to hand over information on a user accused of illegal activities. Yahoo's response is that, as a US company, all such requests should go through the US. This makes a lot of sense for a variety of reasons (otherwise, Yahoo would be responding to requests from tons of different countries), but many may cynically point out that Belgium is a much smaller market to "fight" than China. On the whole, though, it seems that Yahoo is making the right move. If the data was being hosted in the US, then it only seems reasonable to suggest that the data is under US jurisdiction, not Belgium's.Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
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In Belgium?
This post was about what they're doing in Belgium, not China.
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Want to speculate on potenial market size differences too?
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Easy Solution
"User info? Naw, we don't have any."
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Keepin Dr. Evil at bay, no more requests for "100 billion dollars"
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Harold is weird
The tone, the language ... reminds me of another poster from days gone by ........
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Geez
OTOH, they're doing better than google, if only by a smidge.
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The question of jurisdiction defined by borders on a network that mostly ignores them is not a new one.
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It cuts both ways
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