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Criminals may exploit cloud storage services for illegal activities, making it challenging for law enforcement agencies to access and analyze digital evidence. Cloud storage can be used to store and distribute data in overseas jurisdictions, making it difficult for local authorities to obtain a court-ordered warrant to preserve the data. This can hinder digital forensic investigators and potentially prevent them from acquiring crucial evidence in a timely manner. The Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979 exempts cloud storage services like Google, Amazon, and Dropbox from the data interception and access regime in Australia since they are not telecommunications service providers. This makes it difficult to identify the creators or distributors of data stored on these platforms.