U.S. Attorney General William Barr and U.K. Home Secretary Priti Patel earlier this month signed the first bilateral data access agreement, a new mechanism created after last year’s CLOUD Act was implemented.

However, the agreement signed Oct. 3 isn’t likely to assuage law firms’ privacy concerns about storing sensitive client data on the cloud, as it only requires government agencies to notify service providers, and not the person whose data is accessed, when data is requested. But observers note the agreement allows government authorities similar data access granted prior to the CLOUD Act’s implementation. 

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