In April 2019, the U.S. Department of Justice published a White Paper entitled “Promoting Public Safety, Privacy, and the Rule of Law Around the World: The Purpose and Impact of the CLOUD Act.”
The paper outlines the motivation behind the Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data Act, and the effect the act has had on accelerating foreign governments’ access to electronic data held by U.S. communications service providers (CSPs) during criminal investigations.
