Google seem to be delighted we are leaving the EU?

[Brian Gaff (Sofa)]

. Your service provider and data controller is now Google LLC: Because the UK is leaving the EU, we've updated our Terms so that a United States-based company, Google LLC, is now your service provider instead of Google Ireland Limited. Google LLC will also become the data controller responsible for your information and complying with applicable privacy laws. We're making similar changes to the Terms of Service for YouTube, YouTube Paid Services and Google Play. These changes to our Terms and privacy policy don't affect your privacy settings or the way that we treat your information (see the privacy policy for details). As a reminder, you can always visit your Google Account to review your privacy settings and manage how your data is used.

Hmm, not sure if this means we lose or gain.

Brian

[Adrian Caspersz]

So in effect we are now the 51st State of the US.

Can't we build a British search engine?

[Andy Burns]

Well, they tell you they're still bound by UK privacy laws, and they're not chnaging the terms, just the name above the virtual door.

[mark.bluemel]

'course we can. Following the example of our aircraft carriers, it will display a data entry screen and accept your query, but will then have to wait for a US supplier to execute the search.

Alternatively, Priti Patel could implement it in the manner of the Mechanical Turk by making Universal Credit claimants and the other Economically Inactive members of the populace perform the searchs by entering random URLs until they found something relevant.

[Dave Plowman (News)]

The new immigration policy should make sure it's easy to get the necessary people to do this?

[whisky-dave]

So which country did we import Tim Berners-Lee from ?

[Pamela]

"Google has announced it will move all its data about British users of its services, including Gmail, YouTube and the Android Play store, from Ireland to the US, as it seeks to avoid legal risks after Brexit."

Having your data in the US rather than the EU doesn't sound very positive.

[Tim Streater]

I had always assumed it was already in the US.

[Dave Plowman (News)]

Are you suggesting the 'country' who invented something is always the leader in that for ever? I've got news for you...

[Clive Page]

Switzerland actually. He was working for CERN at the time. But since we are busy withdrawing from as many international organisations as we can I wonder how much longer we'll be members of the CERN consortium? Don't whatever you do tell Boris or Cummings how much it costs, better to leave these arts graduates in ignorance for as long as we can.

[Tim Streater]

The usual misleading bollocks. We've just increased our contribution to ESA, f'rinstance, and there's no suggestion of leaving CERN.

[Brian Gaff (Sofa 2)]

If we could, then I think we missed the boat. Its those who spotted the value of data who reap the rewards. I do wish, however that they could differentiate between blind people and the blind on your windows. Brian

[Brian Gaff (Sofa 2)]

Yes take a look at our railways. Brian

[Brian Gaff (Sofa 2)]

Yes but the people behind the door are not the same and there has to be a valid reason for it. My guess is that as the EU want to try to recoup the unpaid tax, they are instead making the business pay taxes under US low to the US and not us. I wonder where this leaves the numerous councils who are now wedded to using google everything in house? Brian

[Andy Burns]

Maybe they want to avoid their google.eu arm having UK users with the ECJ as its ultimate court, when the UK is leaving that jurisdiction?

[Dave Plowman (News)]

Yet.

[whisky-dave]

No he was born in the UK and CERN was set up before we joined the EU.

We've been replacing engineering graduates with arts graduates for years, nothing to do with leaving the EU.

[whisky-dave]

No but who invented the first electronic programable computer it wasn't steve jobs or bill gates so what went wrong there ?

[whisky-dave]

and yuo think switzerlan is in the EU.

They rejected it with an even smaller majaority than we did.

Switzerland signed a free-trade agreement with the then European Economic Community in 1972, which entered into force in 1973. ... However, after a Swiss referendum held on 6 December 1992 rejected EEA membership by 50.3% to 49.7%, the Swiss government decided to suspend negotiations for EU membership until further notice.

I wonder what right brained spaced out T i m thinks about that result.

[The Natural Philosopher]

Don't lie. We are only withdrawing from one.