Brad Smith -
President and Chief Legal Officer at Microsoft says U.S. government can use
a search warrant to force a company to seize a customer’s private emails stored
in Ireland [and potentially anywhere else] and import them to the United
States. The U.S. Department of Justice’s attempt to seize foreign customers’
emails from other countries ignores borders, treaties and international law
The stakes for user privacy in the court’s decision are
extremely high. Governments around the world may feel empowered to
snoop on the countless emails, chats, and other online communications
that cross international boundaries if the court sides with the
government.
This is about U.S. warrants to compel U.S.
Internet companies to disclose users’ email and digital
content stored outside the United States.
Depending on the outcome this will have some GDPR
implications and possibly have a huge impact on the future of Microsoft. Who
would want an Azure stack if all the data was available to the US government.
ADDITIONAL READING LINKS
https://news.slashdot.org/story/18/01/21/2052258/microsoft-fights-search-warrants-for-overseas-emails-in-the-supreme-court
https://herbapproach.com/network/microsoft-fights-search-warrants-for-overseas-emails-in-the-supreme-court/
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