Geography
The Legal Challenges of Regulating Cross-Border Data Flows
Quick fact
The legal framework for cross-border data flows is so fragmented that a single email can be governed by dozens of different privacy laws, depending on where the sender, recipient, and servers are located, creating conflicts that no single court can resolve.
Why this is interesting
Your email may be stored on a server in another country, but your government wants to read it. Who gets to decide what happens to your data?