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France Proposes Consideration of Tax On Data Taken Out of EU
An anonymous reader writes "France has proposed the European Union study taxing companies for transferring personal data outside of the bloc ... The proposal is part of a series France has made ahead of an EU summit next month ... Both transfers of data inside companies, such as sending information on employees from a European subsidiary to a non-EU parent, and between companies are affected. Transfer of personal data often happens when companies outsource certain tasks such as customer sales and help lines to offshore call centres."
Since users are the product, import/export taxes should apply...
To enforce this you would need to inspect the contents of encrypted communications.
Not necessarily. Instead, you could offer financial incentives for disgruntled employees to rat on the companies they work for.
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