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I was wondering, with these new laws, did FastMail consider to operate (partly) in other countries?

For example if FastMail has servers in Amsterdam (NL). Would it be possible to let customers decide on which servers they want to host their mail, so that it falls under the local (or EU) laws?

Thank you in advance for taking the time to reply here.

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With the caveat that I'm far from an expert in this domain, as I understand it FastMail would have to comply with the laws of the country they're based in, as well as any country they'd have as customer or hosting provider.

I imagine the only solution is to move the entire company to another country, but I'd very much like to hear from people who do know what they're talking about.

Unfortunately "mercer" below is right - we need to comply with the laws of Australia regardless of where our servers are. The "Amsterdam server" idea is a red herring that doesn't change the legal landscape.

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