Traveling Data

The Internet is bigger than the United States. Info on the cloud can be anywhere. Is it better from a privacy standpoint to stash your data outside the United States? NPR reports.

Questions...

•What are the advantages of stashing your data on servers outside the U.S.? What are the disadvantages?

•Does it hurt American companies if data stashed overseas is beyond American laws?

•The personal information of 100,000 current and former Glendale College students is obtained by hackers and the data is quickly put on a server overseas. Should we be able to do anything about that?

•What do you think of the proposed law that your information is subject to the laws of your home country?