Buried on page 2,201 of the 2,232-page 2018 Omnibus Spending Bill, the CLOUD Act was signed into law on March 23, 2018. The bill allows U.S. law enforcement to obtain U.S. citizens’ private data from servers anywhere in the world, provided that an agreement exists with that country on data sharing. However, the CLOUD Act … Continue Reading
On February 27, 2018, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case that will affect the security of data stored in the cloud. At issue in United States v. Microsoft is whether a U.S. based digital communications provider must comply with a warrant for user data stored on servers located outside of the U.S. … Continue Reading
