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But the abuse of showing the data to someone you don't want it to be shown to is very common and almost impossible for you to prevent, especially if it's a US company. You see, the most hypocritically named law in US history, the so-called USA Patriot Act, says that Big Brother's police can collect just about all the data that companies maintain about individuals. Not just companies, but other organizations too, like public libraries. The police can get this massively, without even going to court. Now, in a country that was founded on an idea of freedom, there's nothing more unpatriotic than this. But this is what they did. So you mustn't ever trust any of your data to a US company. And they say that foreign subsidiaries of US companies are subject to this as well. So the company you're directly dealing with may be in Europe, but if it's owned by a US company, you've got the same problem to deal with.