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		dcc1 on Aug 8, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: DigitalOcean raises $3.2M Seed Round No offence but why would I put my data on US hosted servers? Privacy violations would make liable under the local (a western european country) Data Protection act no thanks

akx on Aug 8, 2013 [–]

Then use their Amsterdam data center..?

dcc1 on Aug 8, 2013 | | [–]

Being a US company who is to say they havent been "leaned" on

mercer on Aug 8, 2013 | | [–]

Hmm, does that matter if the company itself is in the U.S?

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