Question to the Home Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what arrangements exist for them to be notified of any request made by the government of the USA to a US-based cloud provider to produce data held on behalf of UK police; and whether the UK–US Data Access Agreement prevents US-based cloud provider from being compelled to produce this data.

The UK-US Data Access Agreement (DAA) applies only to cross-border requests between the UK and the US. It enables law enforcement and security agencies to request data direct from telecommunications operators in the other party’s jurisdiction for the purposes of preventing, detecting, investigating and prosecuting serious crime.

The DAA contains targeting restrictions that prevent US authorities from targeting anyone located in the UK. The DAA does not govern requests made by US authorities to US-based providers.