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Do you, or anyone else, have any thoughts as to why Americans have, at least stereotypically, a more laissez faire attitude to personal privacy compared to those in Europe? Just the somewhat recent history of secret police in Europe? The American founders were very pro-privacy weren't they?

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I couldn't say. I don't know enough about European data sharing habits to really draw a comparison. I would remind you though as Apple proved during the San Bernadino iPhone showdown, the U.S. government is heavily restrained by law from just storming in and taking company data that they claim is necessary for the interests of national security.

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