Countries have privacy laws that are regulate how personal data has to be held. These laws are mandatory for any company operating on EU soil for instance, including american companies like google or amazon having EU datacenters.
Now, it might seem ok for you that the US government can obtain the personal data stating that, since these are US companies indeed; but the condition they had for operating in foreign countries was to abide to their laws, including the privacy laws.
Thus, a solution could be for these US companies to close their business in europe; that would help creating an economic environment that facilitates EU-based tech companies...
(though that not the world I'd like to live in...)
Or, putting it other words: the US should create a better legislative environment that facilitates US tech companies to continue to be successful world wide.
Countries have privacy laws that are regulate how personal data has to be held. These laws are mandatory for any company operating on EU soil for instance, including american companies like google or amazon having EU datacenters.
Now, it might seem ok for you that the US government can obtain the personal data stating that, since these are US companies indeed; but the condition they had for operating in foreign countries was to abide to their laws, including the privacy laws.
Thus, a solution could be for these US companies to close their business in europe; that would help creating an economic environment that facilitates EU-based tech companies... (though that not the world I'd like to live in...)
Or, putting it other words: the US should create a better legislative environment that facilitates US tech companies to continue to be successful world wide.