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Clifford Chance

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Overseas Data Seizures – U.S. Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument, But Congress Might Get to the Issue First

1 March 2018

When and how can the long arm of the U.S. government access customer data sitting outside of the United States? And what does this mean for the numerous global companies that store consumer data, and for the data of billions of customers around the world? This week, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments on these very questions in United States v. Microsoft.

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