Tech, Law Enforcement, and Overseas Data:
How Current Law is Hurting Law Enforcement and the U.S. Economy

U.S. technology companies are global leaders in providing cloud computing services for users around the world. This innovation is a critical underpinning of the 21st Century U.S. economy and job growth. However, technology companies are increasingly threatened by the current legal framework that lacks clarity about the application of various national laws, creating conflicting requirements for cloud service providers to turn over customers’ data.

At the same time, law enforcement efforts in the U.S. and around the world are increasingly frustrated by difficulties in accessing data located across borders. At the heart of this problem, outdated laws establish barriers in accessing data based on the location of where it happens to be. Meanwhile, the Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) system and other data sharing agreements no longer provide for efficient access to critical data stored across national boundaries.

The current system is a lose-lose for both U.S. economic growth and law enforcement.

Join us for a discussion, along with remarks by Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT), about what’s wrong with the current system, and how Congress needs to act to update the legal framework to help U.S. companies better compete across national borders and facilitate law enforcement access to data that is needed for critical investigations.

Refreshments will be served.

Remarks by Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT)

Panel Speakers:

• Jen Daskal: Associate Professor of Law, American University Washington College of Law (WCL)

• David Lieber: Senior Privacy Policy Counsel, Google

• Greg Nojeim, Director, Freedom, Security & Technology Project, Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT)

• David Bitkower, Partner, White Collar Defense and Investigations Practice, Jenner & Block LLP
  *Former Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General,
  U.S. DoJ, Criminal Division

• David LeDuc: Senior Director of Public Policy, SIIA (Moderator)

This event is designed to be widely attended and in compliance with all Congressional Ethics rules.

This event will be provided at no cost by the
Software & Information Industry Association.