In a case that could have big implications for privacy rights and
U.S. tech companies, Microsoft is challenging the federal government’s
ability to use search warrants to obtain customer emails hosted on a
server in Ireland.
According to Microsoft, the decision by a magistrate judge in
December to wrongfully extends U.S. law enforcement power overseas. The
software giant says the magistrate’s ruling is like granting a search
warrant “allowing federal agents to break down the doors of Microsoft’s
Dublin facilities.”
... Microsoft’s challenge over the Dublin emails comes one month after the company won an unrelated court victory when it defeated the FBI’s attempt to use a gag order to prevent Microsoft from disclosing an investigation to an Office 365 customer.
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