When Brexit came into effect on January 1, 2021, it also affected the protection and transfer of data between the UK and the EU. If up until the end of 2020, data protection within the UK was regulated by the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), then as of this year, adhering to the regulation is no longer mandatory for the UK.
On March 23, the Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data Act (or CLOUD Act) was adopted in the United States. This is an addendum to the Stored Communications Act from thirty years ago, which now gives U.S. authorities the right to compel service providers registered in the United States to provide requested data even if it is stored on servers that aren’t located on U.S. territory, writes ADM Hosting Managing Partner Klemens Arro.