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Original URL: US state legal supremos show lots of love for proposed CLOUD Act (a law to snoop on citizens' info stored abroad)
The attorneys general of 35 US states on Wednesday signed an open letter calling for the quick passage of the Clarify Lawful Overseas Use of Data (CLOUD) Act – with some qualifications.
[...] In effect, it means the FBI can ask, say, a California court for a subpoena to obtain files from a San Francisco upstart's servers hosted in France, sidestepping French privacy laws and legal system. The act's wording also does not limit the Feds to serving orders for communications on US companies and entities – agents would be able to demand information from whomever they wished, if a US judge approved.
The draft law also allows foreign governments to ask for non-US-citizens' personal data stored in America, under new sharing agreements that would be worked out by the White House.
The CLOUD Act was drawn up in part as a result of the ongoing court battle between Microsoft and US law enforcement: Uncle Sam wants a Microsoft customer's email messages stored on a Microsoft-run server in Ireland. The Feds went to a judge in New York for the information, but Redmond wants prosecutors to go to Ireland and ask an Irish judge for permission.
Microsoft, essentially, is arguing that, because the data in question is stored on servers in Ireland, the g-men's request – made under the 1986 US Stored Communications Act – is invalid. The US Supreme Court will consider the case this year.
[...] "The Act also creates incentives for our foreign partners to enter into bilateral agreements that will facilitate cross-border criminal investigations, while ensuring that privacy and civil liberties are respected."
(Score: -1, Spam) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 26 2018, @03:15PM (1 child)
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Jackson waddled to the door and opened it. What he saw filled him with surprise and delight. Girl Scout Cookies. A small girl was going door-to-door selling Girl Scout Cookies; this was unusual, but fortuitous. It was Jackson's favorite. The man immediately seized upon the opportunity and went back into his house with the items.
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"Damn! I got so excited that I forgot how fragile these are! I'll have to be more careful next time to prevent it from breaking so quickly." said Jackson, as he shoveled Girl Scout Cookies into his mouth. "These rot all too quickly, so I'd better dispose of it properly." the man, who was an upstanding member of his community, said.
The last person to ever see the little girl who sold cookies to Jackson was the garbage man.
(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Monday February 26 2018, @08:33PM
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