CLOUD Act
A United States law enacted in 2018 that authorizes U.S. law enforcement agencies to compel American companies to produce data stored on servers located outside the United States under specified conditions, exercising extraterritorial jurisdiction.
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Relocating the parent company back to Europe means the company's overall legal identity is removed from U.S. jurisdiction, enabling stronger legal-level commitments to clients in regulated industries.
There is a fundamental legal conflict between the CLOUD Act and the EU GDPR, as GDPR prohibits the unauthorized transfer of EU citizens' data to third countries.
The direct cause of the CLOUD Act was the 2013 United States v. Microsoft case, in which the FBI demanded that Microsoft hand over user email data stored in a data center in Ireland.
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The U.S. CLOUD Act (2018) allows U.S. law enforcement agencies to require U.S. companies to provide data stored in any location through judicial procedures
70%UnverifiedRelocating the parent company back to Europe means the company's overall legal identity is removed from U.S. jurisdiction, enabling stronger legal-level commitments to clients in regulated industries.
50%UnverifiedThere is a fundamental legal conflict between the CLOUD Act and the EU GDPR, as GDPR prohibits the unauthorized transfer of EU citizens' data to third countries.
50%UnverifiedThe direct cause of the CLOUD Act was the 2013 United States v. Microsoft case, in which the FBI demanded that Microsoft hand over user email data stored in a data center in Ireland.
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