So I fought against the CLOUD Act as an American because I think it does lower privacy protections for many people around the world. With that said, all it does is make the German government meet German standards for obtaining criminal evidence, rather than the US standard. If you don't like the German standards, you should take it up with your government. That's why the law also requires the US government to evaluate the human rights standards of the other government before entering into a relationship under the law.