What sucks about it is that the EU, rather than presenting one set of rules and regulations to follow, and, say, allowing you to host data within the EU to be compliant, seems to have kicked the question down to individual European countries, each of which might do something different.
And you wonder why it's tougher to do startups in Europe...
I'm pleased by what the ruling says about the NSA and the pressure it puts on the need for reform, but less than pleased about the practical implications.
Well the data protection principles are common across the EU - so there's only limited scope for national DPAs to disagree and there's always the opportunity to ask the ECJ for a ruling to clarify.
And you wonder why it's tougher to do startups in Europe...
I'm pleased by what the ruling says about the NSA and the pressure it puts on the need for reform, but less than pleased about the practical implications.