The UK–US Data Access Agreement (DAA) that was signed by the two nations back in 2019 is scheduled to come into effect on Oct. 3 this year, according to a joint statement issued by both countries.
“The Data Access Agreement will allow information and evidence that is held by service providers within each of our nations and relates to the prevention, detection, investigation or prosecution of serious crime to be accessed more quickly than ever before,” the statement said, according to a July 21 U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) press release.
DAA, which is the first agreement of its kind, will kick start a “new era of cooperation” between the UK and the United States, allowing investigators from each country to gain better access to “vital data.” This will boost efforts to combat criminal activities and bring offenders like child abuse perpetrators and terrorists to justice, preventing “further victimization.”…