Google Moving UK Data

Note that 'where' data is held may start to become an important issue.  Note also the specific considerations that Google is indicating here, as part of Brexit and other data uses. Also related to spatial web designs?

Google Moves U.K. User Data to U.S. to Avert Brexit Risks 
Financial Times  (Paywall)    By Madhumita Murgia

Google will move all data related to U.K.-based users of its services—including Gmail, YouTube, and the Android Play store—from Ireland to the U.S. as it aims to avoid legal issues following Brexit. If the U.K. and the EU fail to agree on a data-sharing deal by the end of this year, it will be illegal to transfer and process data between Britain and the European bloc. Google is likely skeptical of the U.K.'s ability to retain its "adequacy" status with the EU, which would allow free flow of data. Said Michael Veale at University College London Faculty of Laws, “Google would be exposed to considerable risk of illegality in relation to data transfers between Ireland and the U.K., as it would have to find another way to legalize the processing—and these ways are fast disappearing.” ... "