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Moving into the digital age: LEADS Act looks to ensure privacy while keeping us safe

Feb 25, 2015 | Dennis Garcia

A few weeks ago, Congress re-introduced legislation named the Law Enforcement Access to Data Stored Abroad Act (LEADS Act). In an article from earlier this month in Chicago Lawyer magazine, I provided an overview of the LEADS Act and its importance in a mobile first, cloud first world. It’s important that Congress and the President display LEADership by enacting the LEADS Act into law. For more, please read the full article here: Moving into the digital age: LEADS Act looks to ensure privacy while keeping us safe

In addition, Microsoft General Counsel & Executive Vice President Brad Smith also put together a post about the LEADS Act. Read this blog here.

Dennis Garcia

Dennis C. Garcia is an Assistant General Counsel for Microsoft based in Chicago. He leads the legal support function to Microsoft’s U.S. Central Region Enterprise & Partner Group – a team of sales, devices and services professionals based in an 18 state region. In that role Dennis shapes and negotiates cloud computing, on premise, devices and consulting services agreements with Microsoft’s largest customers. He also advises on general corporate legal matters. Prior to joining Microsoft, Dennis served as in-house counsel for Accenture and IBM.