United Kingdom: United States of America and United Kingdom adopted Cloud Act Agreement on access to electronic data for countering serious crime including government access to data provision

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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 government access to data provision

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 allows designated authorities in each country to issue legal orders directly to s…

Scope

Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Government access to data
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 …