Disclosed German legal opinion finds US CLOUD Act reaches EU stored data

A University of Cologne legal opinion for Germany's interior ministry, disclosed under freedom of information law, found US agencies can compel cloud data disclosure regardless of EU storage location. The ministry has since tightened confidentiality rules for classified data.

Reported Editor-read Rechtsanwalt Koellner legal analysis of the disclosed opinion, 2025

What it does not test. It does not establish that any specific cloud provider has handed EU data to US authorities.

How this item counts. This item is dated before the index starts on 1 January 2026, so it does not count in the European Sovereignty Index.

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