I have been telling my customers for years that storing information in the cloud may not be all that safe if you do not know in what county your information is stored.
In the USA you have some limited rights as to what the government may do with your information and that’s after it gets permission to access it at all.
But in other parts of the world you may have even more rights then in the USA or none at all.
Most countries fall somewhere in between. And unfortunately you, as the end user, may not have a clue where your data is stored and what rights (if any) you have before a government decides to grab your data.
Now it seems the US government would like to take advantage that your data maybe stored on a server (cloud) in one these countries that have limited or no protection for your information.
The bill floating around would grant judges in the USA the right to force other countries to give up your data on demand. Even if they have laws in force that protect your data.
So it may behoove all of us that wish their data to be secure to make sure where it is stored and what rights you have to it. If your using backup services that operate their servers in foreign countries, you may wish to consider keeping your information on US based servers or doing the old fashion thing and getting off the cloud and getting a few backup drives to keep your data safe.
More information about the bill can be found here.
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/02/07/big_tech_biz_back_us_proposals_to_ease_overseas_data_transfers/