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jorviyesterday at 8:34 PM1 replyview on HN

That is plain wrong, and on top of that, the CLOUD act doesn't really solve anything because if the order to obtain data is legal for the US arm but illegal for the EU arm, releasing the data from say Ireland to the US would immediately lead to steep monetary and legal penalties for the EU arm.


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petcatyesterday at 9:15 PM

It is not wrong...

You can read the text right here:

https://www.justice.gov/criminal/criminal-oia/cloud-act-agre...

The same agreement is in place with the UK. Canada and EU are currently in the process of negotiating it.