Even then, since the US has laws that generally exceed just about every country, if the ten are followed, I don't think you'd have an issue in any other country [unless they have something out of the ordinary].

Oh and since the majority of readers foir TechRepublic are Americans, it would make sense that it would be US based.

If you wropte an article about this issue for those living un UAE, Slovakia, or Mozambique I don't think many would read it.