{"id":6091,"date":"2018-03-25T13:58:10","date_gmt":"2018-03-25T13:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/?p=6091"},"modified":"2018-03-26T11:13:57","modified_gmt":"2018-03-26T11:13:57","slug":"cloud-act-passed-in-us-congress-puts-privacy-under-question","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/cloud-act-passed-in-us-congress-puts-privacy-under-question\/","title":{"rendered":"CLOUD Act Passed In US Congress, Puts Privacy Under Question"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"A new bill, named CLOUD (Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data) Act was enacted into law on March 23, 2018, with support from both Republicans and Democrats. The bill enables the law enforcement agencies to bypass Fourth Amendment, which provides protection for communication privacy.<\/p>\n

The bill allows law enforcement agencies to access all forms of electronic data, including emails, chat logs, messages, online videos, photos, and files, even if the data is stored on servers in another country. Furthermore, the CLOUD Act permits the regulators to send information from the US servers to other countries on a case-by-case basis. Both Republican and Democratic Senators supported the bill, which was introduced by Republican Senator Orrin Hatch.<\/p>\n

The CLOUD Act is similar to Section 702 of the FISA Amendments Act, which gives the US intelligence agencies (FBI, CIA, NSA, etc.) the right to search, read, and share our private electronic messages without a warrant in place. The law was recently extended for another six years.<\/p>\n

The CLOUD Act allows the US police to obtain the data and use it against them, if necessary, without complying with the Fourth Amendment. There are two sections in the CLOUD Act: (S. 2383 and H.R. 4943). Firstly, it allows US law enforcement agencies to gain access to data stored anywhere in the world, without giving any consideration to data privacy rules In another country. Secondly, it empowers the US President to unilaterally enter into executive agreements with any country or even with tyrants.<\/p>\n

The bill states<\/a>
\n\u201cThe CLOUD Act bridges the divide that sometimes exists between law enforcement and the tech sector by giving law enforcement the tools it needs to access data throughout the world while at the same time creating a commonsense framework to encourage international cooperation to resolve conflicts of law.\u201d<\/p>\n

Andreas Antonopoulos, a cryptocurrency expert, has expressed concerns about the act.<\/p>\n

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The CLOUD Act passed. It destroys privacy globally, so it had to be snuck into the $1.3 trillion omnibus without debate.<\/p>\n

Encrypt. Encrypt. Encrypt. Go Dark.<\/p>\n

When privacy is criminalized, only criminals have privacy. We got sold out, again. pic.twitter.com\/Ms5bm1opBo<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Andreas M. Antonopoulos (@aantonop) March 23, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n