U.S. Supreme Court Wrestles With Microsoft Data Privacy Fight
Reuters reports that Supreme Court justices on Tuesday wrestled with Microsoft Corp’s dispute with the U.S. Justice Department over whether prosecutors can force technology companies to hand over data stored overseas, with some signaling support for the government and others urging Congress to pass a law to resolve the issue.
“The case began when Microsoft balked at handing over a criminal suspect’s emails stored in Microsoft computer servers in Dublin in a drug trafficking case. Microsoft challenged whether a domestic warrant covered data stored abroad” according to reporters Lawrence Hurley and Dustin Volz.
Two of the justices, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor, questioned whether the court needed to act now, considering the fact that Congress is considering bipartisan legislation that would resolve the legal issue.
