United Kingdom: United States of America and United Kingdom adopted Cloud Act Agreement on access to electronic data for countering serious crime including cross-border data transfer regulation

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United States of America and United Kingdom adopted Cloud Act Agreement on access to electronic data for countering serious crime including cross-border data transfer regulation

On 3 October 2019, the United States and the United Kingdom signed an agreement on access to electronic data for the purpose of countering serious crime. The agreement applies to communications service providers operating in both jurisdictions and e…

Scope

Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Cross-border data transfer regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
cross-cutting
Implementation Level
bi- or plurilateral agreement
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
central government

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2019-10-03
adopted

On 3 October 2019, the United States and the United Kingdom signed an agreement on access to electr…

2022-10-03
in force

On 3 October 2022, the United States and the United Kingdom agreement on access to electronic data …