A group of bipartisan senators introduced legislation Tuesday to provide limited liability protections for organizations to store evidence of child sexual exploitation in the cloud for law enforcement.

The Safe Cloud Storage Act, put forward by Sens. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), would ensure that companies can digitally store and transmit evidence without risking civil or criminal charges.

“Those helping law enforcement in the fight against child sexual exploitation must be able to securely store evidence of these horrific crimes,” Blackburn said in a statement.

“Our bipartisan Safe Cloud Storage Act would ensure investigators can securely handle and store [child sexual abuse material] evidence in the cloud

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