Cross-Border Data
The U.K.-U.S. CLOUD Act Agreement Is Finally Here, Containing New Safeguards
Jennifer Daskal, Peter Swire Tue, Oct 8, 2019, 2:33 PM
Editor's note: This piece is cross-posted at Just Security.
Jennifer Daskal is a Professor and Faculty Director of the Tech, Law, Security Program at American University Washington College of Law (WCL). From 2009-2011, Daskal was counsel to the Assistant Attorney General for National Security at the Department of Justice. She has published numerous journal articles and op-eds in, among other outlets, the New York Times, Washington Post, and The Atlantic. Daskal is currently a Scholar-in-Residence at New America.
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Federal Law Enforcement
Launch Event: Low-Hanging Fruit: Evidence Based Solutions to the Digital Evidence Challenge
William Carter, Jennifer Daskal Tue, Jul 24, 2018, 9:43 AM
Tomorrow morning (Wednesday, July 25), from 8-10 am, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse -- along with DOJ’s former Assistant Attorney General for National Security, David Kris and DOJ’s former Principal Attorney General, David Bitkower, among others -- will be on the hill to launch CSIS’s new report, Low-Hanging Fruit: Evidence-Based Solutions to the Digital Evidence Challenge, co-authored by the two of us.
Material Support
Enslaved and Forced to Watch Her Husband Dig His Own Grave—And Labeled A Terrorist As A Result
Jennifer Daskal, Paul Rosenzweig Thu, Jun 14, 2018, 9:00 AM
With all the immigration-related action of late, it was pretty easy to overlook last week’s decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals in the Matter of A-C-M. We write to say you should take note.
Cross-Border Data
A Possible EU-US Agreement on Law Enforcement Access to Data?
Jennifer Daskal, Peter Swire Mon, May 21, 2018, 2:00 PM
On May 22, Attorney General Jeff Sessions will meet with senior European law enforcement officials. In the wake of the Cloud Act, enacted by Congress at the end of March, the possibility of an EU-U.S. agreement on law enforcement access to digital evidence is almost certain to be on the table.
Cross-Border Data
Suggestions for Implementing the Cloud Act
Jennifer Daskal, Peter Swire Mon, Apr 30, 2018, 9:00 AM
At the end of March, President Trump signed the omnibus budget bill into law.
Cross-Border Data
Privacy and Civil Liberties Under the CLOUD Act: A Response
Jennifer Daskal, Peter Swire Wed, Mar 21, 2018, 7:00 AM
In a post last week, Neema Singh Guliani of the ACLU and Naureen Shah of Amnesty International disagreed with our earlier arguments as to why the CLOUD Act is good for privacy and human rights.
Cross-Border Data
Why the CLOUD Act is Good for Privacy and Human Rights
Jennifer Daskal, Peter Swire Wed, Mar 14, 2018, 12:00 PM
A dozen privacy and human rights groups have opposed the bipartisan CLOUD Act regulating cross-border data access, claiming that it will erode basic liberties.