White paper: Cloud Act: Comparison of the data protection level of European and US providers

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Margit Neumann

Zuletzt geändert am: August 27, 2025
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The Cloud Act obliges U.S. providers to grant authorities access to stored data upon request, regardless of whether it is located in the U.S. or the EU. This poses a challenge for EU data protection, especially for companies with high security requirements. Learn more about the impact and possible solutions in our whitepaper!

Table of contents

1 Cloud Applications in the Business Environment: Fundamentals and Challenges

2 The development of controversial US access rights to European data

3 Excursus: The history of transatlantic EU-US data traffic

  • Safe Harbor (2000)
  • Schrems I (2015)
  • Privacy Shield (2016)
  • Schrems II (2020)
  • Data Privacy Framework(2023)
  • Conclusion 2024: Is Schrems III foreseeable?

4 Alternatives: GDPR-compliant cloud solutions made in Europe

5 EU vs. USA: Cloud Providers Compared – Security, Data Protection

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