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The collapse of the U.S.-EU Safe Harbor: solving the new privacy rubik’s cube
When people who care about technology look back at the year 2015, they will remember October as the month when the EU-U.S. Safe Harbor collapsed. An international legal agreement that has been in place...
View ArticleThe search warrant case: consequences for digital privacy
On December 15, 2014, a coalition of business, media, civil society and academic experts joined Microsoft in raising concerns about privacy protections for information stored in the cloud. The post The...
View ArticleCongress must update our outdated privacy laws
Today I appeared as a witness before the U.S. House Judiciary Committee Hearing on “International Conflicts of Law and their Implications for Cross Border Data Requests by Law Enforcement.” The post...
View ArticleCongress must update our outdated privacy laws
Today I appeared as a witness before the U.S. House Judiciary Committee Hearing on “International Conflicts of Law and their Implications for Cross Border Data Requests by Law Enforcement.” The post...
View ArticleBrad Smith addresses Apple case
Brad Smith, Microsoft president and chief legal officer, responds to a question regarding a legal case between Apple and the U.S. government as part of testimony before a U.S. House Judiciary Committee...
View ArticleOur legal brief in support of Apple
Today, Microsoft joined with a number of other leading technology companies to file a legal brief in support of Apple, as the company fights an FBI request to unlock an encrypted iPhone that belonged...
View ArticleKeeping secrecy the exception, not the rule: an issue for both consumers and...
This morning we filed a new lawsuit in federal court against the United States government to stand up for what we believe are our customers’ constitutional and fundamental rights – rights that help...
View ArticleEU-U.S. Privacy Shield: progress for privacy rights
We at Microsoft welcome the new EU-U.S. Privacy Shield decision, which the European Commission is expected to announce on 12 July. It sets a new high standard for the protection of Europeans’ personal...
View ArticleOur search warrant case: an important decision for people everywhere
We obviously welcome today’s decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. The decision is important for three reasons: it ensures that people’s privacy rights are protected by...
View ArticleMicrosoft signs up for Privacy Shield
Today (1 August 2016), Microsoft signed up for the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield. As one of the first companies, we have submitted our Privacy Shield certification to the U.S. Department of Commerce and we...
View ArticleModern digital data laws that balance law enforcement needs with privacy can...
A consensus is emerging among technology companies, civil society, judges, law enforcement officials and other stakeholders on the need to modernize our country’s antiquated digital data laws. The...
View ArticleModern digital data laws that balance law enforcement needs with privacy can...
A consensus is emerging among technology companies, civil society, judges, law enforcement officials and other stakeholders on the need to modernize our country’s antiquated digital data laws. The...
View ArticleA legislative path to create new laws is better than arguing over old laws
Today the U.S. Justice Department asked the Supreme Court to reconsider a legal decision, in a case brought by Microsoft, which found that U.S. warrants cannot be unilaterally applied to email in other...
View ArticleThe Senate takes an important step on ECPA reform
Today marks an important step toward protecting the rights of Americans while ensuring law enforcement has the ability to fight crime in the digital age. A bipartisan group of U.S. senators introduced...
View ArticleUS Supreme Court will hear petition to review Microsoft search warrant case...
In July 2016, the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit agreed with Microsoft that U.S. federal or state law enforcement cannot use traditional search warrants to seize emails of citizens of foreign...
View ArticleDOJ acts to curb the overuse of secrecy orders. Now it’s Congress’ turn.
Today marks another important step in ensuring that people’s privacy rights are protected when they store their personal information in the cloud. In response to concerns that Microsoft raised in a...
View ArticleSomething extraordinary happened in Washington, D.C., yesterday
Something extraordinary happened in Washington, D.C., yesterday. Members of Congress took the same position as members of the European Parliament. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce approvingly quoted a...
View ArticleMicrosoft statement on the inclusion of the CLOUD Act in the Omnibus funding...
Today is an important day for privacy rights around the world, for international relations and for building trust in the technology we all rely on every day. The inclusion of the CLOUD Act in the...
View ArticleThe CLOUD Act is an important step forward, but now more steps need to follow
On Feb. 27, we went to the U.S Supreme Court to argue a case that has become known as the “Microsoft warrant case.” As we arrived at court that morning, we thought it was important to repeat a point...
View ArticleThe CLOUD Act is an important step forward, but now more steps need to follow
On Feb. 27, we went to the U.S Supreme Court to argue a case that has become known as the “Microsoft warrant case.” As we arrived at court that morning, we thought it was important to repeat a point...
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