The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance holds a hearing on “Foreign Influence on Americans’ Data Through the Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data (CLOUD) Act,” at 10 a.m. ET on June 5.
This hearing examines the implications of the data access agreement between the United States and the United Kingdom under the CLOUD Act, identifying areas for potential reform. It also examines the UK’s secret order that requires Apple to build a backdoor into its products to allow access to all Apple users’ content uploaded to the company’s cloud, including encrypted content, and highlights the importance of encryption for security and privacy….