University of Tehran Public Law Studies Quarterly 2423-8120 51 3 2021 09 23 Necessity of Cross-border Stored Data's Disclosure and Regime of Bilateral Legal Cooperation Treaties in Criminal Investigations Necessity of Cross-border Stored Data's Disclosure and Regime of Bilateral Legal Cooperation Treaties in Criminal Investigations 1183 1201 82071 10.22059/jplsq.2019.272648.1893 FA Javad Salehi Associate Prof., University of Payame Noor, Tehran, Iran Journal Article 2018 12 30 Microsoft Corporation has access to the emails of its users and their contents from the United States territory. However, this information is stored and held in a cross-border data center that is considered to be alien to the Microsoft Corporation and the territory where the center of its activity is located. Access of the United States is interference in internal affairs of the Irish government, which is location of the Microsoft data center. But location of the Microsoft and its ability to access it from the territory of the United States to the information stored by its users, even in cross-border is important and obtaining criminal jurisdiction for United States Courts. Whereas United States criminal law is effective and enforceable on the territory. Accordingly, the approach of the United States courts is not justifiable on the basis of territorial rules for access to cross-border stored data. The research question is, what is the mechanism of cybercriminal investigation in the cross-border data center and its challenges? Findings of the research show that approve of a treaty about legal cooperation in criminal investigations and adherence to its provisions are the only mechanism for access to the cross-border data center, whose implementation is facing serious challenges. Microsoft Corporation has access to the emails of its users and their contents from the United States territory. However, this information is stored and held in a cross-border data center that is considered to be alien to the Microsoft Corporation and the territory where the center of its activity is located. Access of the United States is interference in internal affairs of the Irish government, which is location of the Microsoft data center. But location of the Microsoft and its ability to access it from the territory of the United States to the information stored by its users, even in cross-border is important and obtaining criminal jurisdiction for United States Courts. Whereas United States criminal law is effective and enforceable on the territory. Accordingly, the approach of the United States courts is not justifiable on the basis of territorial rules for access to cross-border stored data. The research question is, what is the mechanism of cybercriminal investigation in the cross-border data center and its challenges? Findings of the research show that approve of a treaty about legal cooperation in criminal investigations and adherence to its provisions are the only mechanism for access to the cross-border data center, whose implementation is facing serious challenges. https://jplsq.ut.ac.ir/article_82071_cc89315d48c5479515c24dbd3d437f26.pdf