Microsoft must provide U.S. law enforcement with emails...
Microsoft must provide U.S. law enforcement with emails stored overseas, the U.S. District Court in New York ruled Thursday after hearing oral argument, according to multiple reports. Microsoft in early June challenged a federal judge’s order to turn over a…
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European customer’s data because it was stored in Dublin (http://wapo.st/UFFjLs). Technology companies and tech industry groups immediately denounced the decision, as many had supported Microsoft during its challenge. Verizon, which filed an amicus brief in the case (http://vz.to/1nXqjVz), released a statement: “These matters are very fact-sensitive, and while we have not received a request like this one before, if we were to receive a warrant from the United States Government compelling us to produce data stored by an overseas customer in our overseas data centers, we would challenge the warrant in court.” The Association for Competitive Technology (ACT) said the ruling will hurt the mobile app industry. “The court is out of step with global privacy concerns,” said ACT President Jonathan Zuck. “This has the potential to undermine the mobile app industry for which the cloud is critical. ... American companies now face an international backlash as a result of the court’s decision.” Microsoft said in a statement it will appeal the decision.