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IIRC the only reason this amendment was made was because the 180 day limit was found unconstitutional anyway by an appellate court. So, technically the amendment did nothing.

It doesn't matter where your data is held, locally or cloud, (if you are an American resident and your data is in the USA) as it is _your_ data and it is unconstitutional for them to read it without a warrant. In theory.



> It doesn't matter where your data is held, locally or cloud

In the US it does


Citation?

This ruling has been adopted by the US Supreme Court: https://privacylaw.proskauer.com/2007/06/articles/electronic...


Look at the link I posted up there? it is 10 years newer then yours


If they are local and encrypted... oops, forgot the encryption key.




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