The Patriot Act permits, under various broad and somewhat undefined circumstances, the government to access records and data of, among others, cloud service providers. The Dutch and Canadian governments have expressed concern about the security and privacy of governmental data being maintained by cloud providers in the United States because of the possibility of disclosure of that data under the Patriot Act. It means we all need to be mindful that the laws of other countries may impact our data when stored in the cloud. For example, document retention laws in Asia may limit the providers ability to delete customer data after a contract terminates.”]
Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2136670/patriot-act-hang-up-in-the-cloud.html