Per the article, it is not against the laws- under the safe harbor act.
A lawyer could argue that the FISA potential creates a situation where the USA is /never/ a safe harbor, but a third tier IS/Abuse/CST goon question a request for a legitimate type of report from above?
Ok, let's suppose it's not illegal to send the data to the US because of the safe harbor act.
What is the legal ground that prevents me, let's say, uk employee of an UK subsidiary of an US company, to tell the press that my UK company has been orderd by it's US owner to hand over private data to the US.
I mean, I cannot be possibly forced to abide by the FISA warrant, right?
But can my company be in trouble (and hence fire/sue me? *) for this kind of action of an employee? I mean, how can the US law hold responsible an US company for an non-illegal action performed by a non US employee of a non US branch of that company?
There are certainly cases where it is not permissible notwithstanding Safe Harbor. For some clients, data can't leave our country. We drill data protection into our people and encourage everyone to ensure everything they do with personal data is ethically and lawfully sound. That means asking questions.
A lawyer could argue that the FISA potential creates a situation where the USA is /never/ a safe harbor, but a third tier IS/Abuse/CST goon question a request for a legitimate type of report from above?