Quote Originally Posted by Chilihost
No way, mate! I am in Australia and run my buiness from here, my processing is all done through the EU and my banks are all outside of the USA too. ....And the interesting thing is that Australian privacy rules force me to keep my client data (including names addresses and such) in the STRICTEST of confidentiality. So if the US DOJ came pounding on my Aussie door demanding to know the identity of clients on my Netherlands servers, I would have to say "sorry, no can do".

Interesting, isn't it?
I thought your stuff was all run overseas but the actual servers were in the states.. have you changed things around.. or added a new service for Netherland hosting?


Quote Originally Posted by chadknowslaw
If, however, you pick up your company, move you and your company to another country, move your billing and bank accounts, and completely, honestly, and totally relocate to another country, THEN you do have a good chance at being outside the jurisdiction of US law. However, there are certain citizenship requirements for you to STAY in the foreign country plus a lot of other small details involved in moving to another country.
You got that right. A MAJOR pain in the ass to relocate everything overseas, get a valid working Visa... etc. etc. It's expensive, time consuming and not fun