From the article, the Feds maintain that ""With the benefits of corporate citizenship in the United States come corresponding responsibilities..." Now to me "corporate citizenship" sounded like an odd concept. But I guess in this day and age when Corporations are treated like other citizens (can vote with their wallet) then maybe it's not so alien a concept. It's interesting that the Feds focused on the corporation's citizenship, rather than say the citizenship of the C-level executives or other employees that have access to the data (whom they could presumably go after as well). It begs the question, what *are* benefits of being a "corporate citizen" of the US? It's not for the low taxes, as others have pointed out. If this is the stance that the US is going to adopt ("This is a US corporation so our laws take precedence over other countries' laws") then it makes sense for companies to shop around for the best county to become a citizen of.

Fortunately, the article also mentions the following counter-point: "She points to research showing that college graduates will on average earn $1 million more over a lifetime than those with only high school degrees." That's all that needs to be said, really.

Thanks! This looks like it might do exactly what I need, as well as some other things that I needed! Terry