The RCMP is investigating a criminal case related to serious crime and requires data from customers of OVH Group SA for this purpose. […] The largest French cloud provider vehemently invokes national law in its defense, particularly the so-called blocking statute (Loi nr. 68-678). This law from 1968, strengthened in 2022, prohibits French companies and citizens, under penalty of law, from disclosing economically sensitive information or data to foreign authorities – unless it is a request through official international legal channels.