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Microsoft challenges US warrant to turn over emails held overseas |
June 11, 2014
Microsoft has in a landmark case challenged in U.S. federal court a search warrant for private email communications located in the company’s facility in Dublin, Ireland, after a magistrate judge quashed in April its opposition to the warrant.The company like many others in the technology industry are concerned that the U.S. government’s demands for data held abroad could spook customers abroad from their cloud and other services.Verizon Communications has filed a brief Tuesday supporting Microsoft’s petition, and other companies are expected to follow, according to The New York Times.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
Link: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2362140/microsoft-challenges-us-warrant-to-turn-over-emails-held-overseas.html#tk.rss_all
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