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UPDATE: I've updated the article removing the "illegal" words. Since it doesn't seem to be clear if this is legal or not from their side, I think it's right to give it the benefit of the doubt. (give CloudFlare a few minutes to update the cache, please)

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Yeah this isn't illegal at all, in my other comment I expanded on it a lot more [1], but in essence the EU-US privacy shield is a thing, Google LLC is in it, and Brexit isn't really relevant.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22416701

This isn't illegal. You worked in London and had enough UK-based activity to warrant receiving an email notification about UK-based data handlers.

let’s try to keep the technical mistake separate from the legal bit. I think their email is entirely legit if I was living in UK, but I don’t. Also: honestly, I use Google Maps almost everyday. Even without asking me I think they have plenty of data on me to clearly see I’ve been living in Italy in the last year and half.

Wait, are you complaining that Google knows too little about you?

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