Microsoft Lawsuit Over User Privacy Has No Basis, U.S. Says
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The U.S. says there’s no legal basis for the government to be required to tell Microsoft customers when it intercepts their email.
The software giant’s lawsuit alleging that customers have a constitutional right to know if the government has searched or seized their property should be thrown out, the government said in a court filing. The U.S. said federal law allows it to obtain electronic communications without a warrant or without disclosure of a specific warrant if it would endanger an individual or an investigation.
Microsoft sued the Justice Department and Attorney General Loretta Lynch in April, escalating a feud with the U.S. over customer privacy and its ability to disclose what it’s asked to turn over to investigators. Last week, Microsoft persuaded an appeals court to overturn an order to turn over emails stored on servers in Ireland as part of a Manhattan drug prosecution.
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