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Microsoft fights U.S. search warrant for customer e-mails held in overseas server

Posted on June 10, 2014 by pogowasright.org

Ellen Nakashima reports:

Microsoft, one of the world’s largest e-mail providers, is resisting a government search warrant to compel the firm to turn over customer data held in a server located overseas.

In what could be a landmark case, the Redmond, Wash. company is arguing that such a warrant is not justified by law or the Constitution. Microsoft and other tech firms also fear that if the government prevails and can reach across borders, foreign individuals and businesses will flee to their non-U.S. competitors.

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