On Tue, Jan 20, 2026 at 09:20:59AM +0000, Sad Clouds wrote:
> On Tue, 20 Jan 2026 02:31:18 +0100
> "Julian H. Stacey" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Any errors ? Corrections welcome.
>
> My understanding is that this issue extends beyond TLDs such as .com.
> Under U.S. law, a service provider incorporated in the United States
> can be compelled to provide data within its possession, custody, or
> control, even when that data is stored or processed in the EU or the
> UK. In this sense, jurisdiction follows the company rather than the
> physical location of the data.
>
> In researching this further, it is also necessary to consider the
> implications of the U.S. CLOUD Act and similar legislation. For
> example, while 123reg.co.uk is incorporated in the UK, it is owned by
> GoDaddy Inc., a U.S.-based parent company. This ownership structure
> creates the potential for U.S. authorities to obtain access to, or
> exert control over, company data via the parent entity.
>
> These laws are not new, but trust in U.S. governance has declined
> rapidly. This raises concerns that the current administration could
> exploit them on a much broader scale. Luckily I'm just starting
> deploying various services and not yet tied to any particular provider.
And do you trust the S.S.E.U.[*] juridictions? And do you trust that
any S.S.E.U. protection will hold against any U.S.A. threat?
Isn't the safer option to buy a .ch domain? simply because in
Switzerland, politicians have few powers and the people still decide
to some extent. The best protection is democracy and there are
very few nowadays on Earth, and none in the U.S.A. or in the S.S.E.U.
*: Supranational Socialist European Union
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