The day after the European Commission’s presentation of its legislative proposals on electronic evidence (see EUROPE 12003) on Wednesday 18 April, several stakeholders described it as a hasty response to the US CLOUD Act and have raised a number of concerns in this connection.
In a press release on Tuesday, the European Digital Rights (EDRi) organisation stated, “Before any proper assessment [of the existing framework: Ed] has been possible, the EU now seems to be rushing into making...