Bloomberg Law
December 15, 2017, 3:15 PM UTC

Releasing Microsoft Emails Violates Privacy, Countries Tell SCOTUS

Daniel R. Stoller

Forcing Microsoft Corp. to turn over to U.S. law enforcement customer emails stored in Ireland would violate European Union and other international privacy laws, according to friend of the court briefs filed in the U.S. Supreme Court.

The high court is reviewing whether a warrant issued by a U.S. court under the Store Communications Act can force Microsoft to hand over data that is stored outside the U.S. and is covered by EU privacy law.

A ruling for the U.S. may prompt countries to limit U.S. government access to data stored overseas.

The EU, Ireland, the U.K., ...

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