My concern is about data protection. I'm asking a very specific question. You don't have to give the answer yet. Has Google imposed routing regulations such that it would not necessarily need to go through the States? For example, if I send an email within Toronto to within Toronto, I just need it to go that way. I don't need it to go through Chicago and bounce through Detroit and come back up. It's not efficient, but it's efficient if you want to collect data, because it takes my data to an area where I have no control over it.
I'm asking specifically: has Google put in place contracts that force such routing, that dictate the type of routing?