MICROSOFT: The Government Has A Sneaky Way Of Forcing Tech Companies To Turn Over Your Emails
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According to Smith, the government considers emails stored in the cloud as "business records," which don't have the same legal protection as private property.
Here's how Smith describes it:
Courts have long recognized the distinction between a company's business records and an individual's personal communications. For example, the government can serve a subpoena on UPS to disclose business records that show where a customer shipped packages, but it must establish probable cause and get a warrant from a judge to look at what a customer put inside.
Smith says Microsoft will argue against that kind of distinction in federal court on Thursday. Microsoft thinks emails are private property, even if they're stored in the cloud. That means the government should issue the proper warrant if it wants to access someone's email that's stored online.
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