Episode 124: David Fraser on Negotiating a CLOUD Act Agreement Between Canada and the United States

April 04, 2022 00:31:38
Episode 124: David Fraser on Negotiating a CLOUD Act Agreement Between Canada and the United States
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Episode 124: David Fraser on Negotiating a CLOUD Act Agreement Between Canada and the United States

Apr 04 2022 | 00:31:38

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Show Notes

The CLOUD Act, which allows US law enforcement to use a warrant or subpoena to compel U.S.-based technology companies to provide data stored on servers regardless of where the data is located, was first introduced in the United States in 2018. Canada and the US recently announced plans to negotiate a Cloud Act agreement which would ease cross-border disclosures of data between the two countries.

David Fraser is a lawyer with McInnes Cooper in Halifax and one of Canada’s leading privacy experts. He regularly acts for clients on data disclosure matters and was one of the first to highlight the negotiations and its implications on his Youtube channel. He joins the Law Bytes podcast to talk about the Cloud Act, how it might fit into Canada’s privacy law framework, and how Canada should approach the negotiations.

The podcast can be downloaded here, accessed on YouTube, and is embedded below. Subscribe to the podcast via Apple Podcast, Google Play, Spotify or the RSS feed. Updates on the podcast on Twitter at @Lawbytespod.

Show Notes:

Privacy Lawyer Blog, Canada – US Announce Beginning of CLOUD Act Negotiations

United States and Canada Welcome Negotiations of a CLOUD Act Agreement

Credits:

Senator Orrin Hatch, Hatch Previews CLOUD Act

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