Microsoft has won the latest round in its long-running legal battle with the US Department of Justice , which is demanding that the company hand over data stored in a Microsoft data centre located in Ireland. The case relates to a suit the DoJ first filed against Microsoft in 2013 that suggested that because Microsoft is a US company, it had a legal right to request data from it stored in Ireland.
Category: Second Circuit Court of Appeals
Microsoft victory in overseas email seizure case is upheld
An equally divided federal appeals court refused to reconsider its landmark decision forbidding the U.S. government from forcing Microsoft Corp and other companies to turn over customer emails stored on servers outside the United States. Tuesday’s 4-4 vote by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan let stand a July 14 decision that was seen as a victory for privacy advocates, and for technology companies offering cloud computing and other services worldwide.
Appeals court denies full hearing in data surveillance case
NEW YORK >> A federal appeals court in New York won’t rehear a panel’s decision letting companies like Microsoft refuse to turn over to the government customer emails stored overseas. The judges of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals split their votes 4-4.