USA and Britain Agree To Share Crime Data

UK Home Secretary Priti Patel (pictured) and US Attorney General William Barr have signed a bilateral agreement paving the way for UK and US law enforcement agencies to obtain data more quickly from electronic service providers operating in each jurisdiction.

Leading corporate lawyers at BCL Solicitors, speaking to Infosecurity Magazine said  this would “...inevitably be one-way traffic, expediting the UK’s acquisition of evidence from US tech giants such as Facebook, Google and Twitter in the fight against serious crime, including terrorism and child abuse.”

According to the FT, the deal will compel US technology companies including Facebook, Google and Twitter to hand over the content of emails, texts and direct messages to British law enforcement bodies, and require the same of UK companies holding information sought by US investigators.

It currently takes police and security services anything from six months to two years to request and access electronic data, under the “mutual legal assistance” treaty between the US and UK governments. 

“Under the new arrangements, a UK Judge can issue the police, SFO and other specified with an Overseas Production Order, bypassing cumbersome mutual legal assistance procedures and, in principle, obtaining electronically stored data from the US within just seven days,” aspokesman for BCL Solicitors said.

The agreement still requires ratification by the US Congress and is to be presented to the British Parliament.
 

UK Government:    Infosecurity Magazine

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