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I've started a checklist of sites and services that I will need to migrate away from. The list is extensive.

The question of whether to migrate to other cloud services, or to host my own private cloud is up in the air.

I use Bytemark, based in the UK. They have a cloud service in beta: http://bigv.io/

Is the privacy outlook for the UK very good?

Not especially.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulation_of_Investigatory_Pow...

I second this. Any suggestions appreciated.

I suggest http://www.copernico.net/ ,who are in Spain. I've no affiliation, other than being a customer; in my experience, the service is excellent, the boss, Miguel Angel, is very easy to reach, and I've come to know him as an independent spirit, who does not like governmental intervention at all.