It’s time to talk about the #cloud Act
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On March 23rd, 2018 President Donald Trump signed a $1.3 trillion government spending bill into law. This government spending bill included the Clarifying Overseas Use of Data (i.e. CLOUD) Act, which has ranging consequences which could have potentially deleterious effects on consumers’ #privacy.In the final pages of the massive 2,232 page omnibus bill, lawmakers were able to sneak in this piece of legislation that had nothing to do with budget cuts, government funding, paying government salaries, or anything related to spending.According to the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), the CLOUD Act was never reviewed nor marked up by a committee in either the House or the Senate, nor did it receive a hearing. Instead, congressional leadership seemingly sneaked in the CLOUD Act at the last (...)