tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20425712.post113769444795042353..comments2023-06-27T14:20:37.054+02:00Comments on Constantly Changing: Where privacy is traditionAttila Szegedihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11586966395114113526noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20425712.post-1137744144333338232006-01-20T09:02:00.000+01:002006-01-20T09:02:00.000+01:00Companies will do whatever serves their business p...Companies will do whatever serves their business purpose if the benefits outweigh the costs. Numerous American manufacturing companies outsourced all of their actual manufacturing process to China - that wasn't easy either, yet they did the move as it benefitted them in the long term. Google can even keep the HQ in California as just one more of their research offices, just move their administrative headquarters as well as all of their systems that contain any sort of user data out of the United States. Moving the administration is important, as they then cease to be an American company; if they just moved their operational servers out and remained an American company, DoJ could still require the search records from them. Anyway, I'm sure they can work out what'll work for them :-)Attila Szegedihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11586966395114113526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20425712.post-1137721360864277122006-01-20T02:42:00.000+01:002006-01-20T02:42:00.000+01:00It's not so easy to move such a big company. Just ...It's not so easy to move such a big company. Just think of the employees. Would you fire everyone and hire people in Switzerland, or would you try to apply for visas and work permit for all those people and make them move? Also, the buildings, the computers, etc. And maybe the directors who would make that decision would rather live in the sunny California than in the foggy Switzerland. :)csabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12324309767106450888noreply@blogger.com