The United States enacted the Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data (CLOUD) Act in March 2018 to speed access to electronic information held by U.S.-based global providers that is critical to our foreign partners’ investigations of serious crime, ranging from terrorism and violent crime to sexual exploitation of children and cybercrime. | www.justice.gov
Microsoft has completed the EU Data Boundary for the Microsoft Cloud, enabling European customers to store and process their data within the EU and EFTA regions, reflecting Microsoft's commitment to data residency, transparency, and privacy.| Microsoft On the Issues