A federal spending bill could help the CLOUD Act pass into law, Reuters reports. The legislation would allow U.S. judges to issue warrants to obtain data overseas while giving the tech companies the option to object to the request if it conflicts with foreign law. The CLOUD Act would settle the long-standing United States v. Microsoft case. Microsoft and other tech companies, the British government, and the Trump administration all have supported the CLOUD Act, while civil liberty advocates have criticized the legislation for lacking proper privacy protections. Editor's Note: Jedidiah Bracy, CIPP, recently wrote about the CLOUD Act for the United States Privacy Digest.
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