Microsoft challenged a U.S. government search warrant seeking access to customer emails in our Irish data center. On July 14, 2016, the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 3-0 in favor of our challenge, a decision that helps ensure information stored in the cloud receives the same protection as physical information, paving the way for modern solutions that enhance personal rights and public safety.
A federal appeals court has ruled Microsoft and other companies cannot be forced to turn over customer emails stored on servers outside the United States, handing a victory to privacy advocates.
Read More
Today I appeared as a witness before the U.S. House Judiciary Committee Hearing on “International Conflicts of Law and their Implications for Cross Border Data Requests by Law Enforcement.”
Read More
On December 15, 2014, a coalition of business, media, civil society and academic experts joined Microsoft in raising concerns about privacy protections for information stored in the cloud.
Read More
Microsoft president Brad Smith joined Quest Means Business after the company said it would build data centers in Europe to protect customer privacy
Read More
This is the second part of my Q&A with Microsoft Executive Vice President and General Counsel Brad Smith over the company’s legal battle with the U.S. Department of Justice over e-mails stored in Ireland. The case raises important questions with respect to the privacy of digital communications and the future of cloud computing.
Read More
In light of the significance of this case for U.S. consumers and businesses, and the impact that its outcome could have on the privacy of digital communications, Brad Smith, executive vice president and general counsel for Microsoft, took the time to answer some questions regarding the case and what its outcome might mean.
Read More
With more than two billion devices connected to the cloud every day, trust in the cloud is critical. But concerns about government surveillance and the rise of cybercrime have eroded people’s trust in the technologies they depend on to store and share information. At Microsoft, we work to protect customer data in our cloud to...
Read More
Last evening, we filed our reply brief in our ongoing legal challenge to the U.S. government’s attempt to force us to turn over a customer’s email stored in our Irish data center. As we stated in our brief, we believe the law is on the side of privacy in this case.
Read More
Brad Smith – General Counsel and Executive Vice President, Microsoft Excerpted from remarks at the Centre for European Policy Studies, Brussels, January 20, 2015
Read More
Brad Smith – General Counsel and Executive Vice President, Microsoft Excerpted from remarks at the Centre for European Policy Studies, Brussels, January 20, 2015
Read More
Brad Smith – General Counsel and Executive Vice President, Microsoft Excerpted from remarks at the Centre for European Policy Studies, Brussels, January 20, 2015
Read More
Brad Smith – General Counsel and Executive Vice President, Microsoft Excerpted from remarks at the Centre for European Policy Studies, Brussels, January 20, 2015
Read More
This year one of our priorities has been to advocate for policies that ensure people around the world can trust technology. Keeping this trust is not only important for global technology companies, but vital for ensuring people everywhere can use technology with confidence.
Read More
Despite its name the cloud has a physical presence. It is in reality a series of data centers around the world, housing millions of powerful computers that make these things possible. This data is your data, just as the data on your hard drive is yours, but it resides in data centers managed by technology...
Read More
University of Washington Computer Science Professor Ed Lazowska speaks on the coalition of business and academic experts joining Microsoft in its efforts to protect consumer privacy
Read MoreToday represents an important milestone in our litigation concerning the U.S. Government’s attempt to use a search warrant to compel Microsoft to obtain and turn over email of a customer stored in Ireland. That’s because 10 groups are filing their “friend of the court” briefs in New York today.
Read More
“Imagine this scenario. Officers of the local Stadtpolizei investigating a suspected leak to the press descend on Deutsche Bank headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany. They serve a warrant to seize a bundle of private letters that a New York Times reporter is storing in a safe deposit box at a Deutsche Bank USA branch in Manhattan....
Read More
Today we released a new poll showing that a large majority of Irish people want strong privacy protections for their online data, and they expect the government to stand up for Irish law when other countries disagree.
Read MoreA district judge in New York today issued an order clearing the way for Microsoft to pursue its case against the U.S. government on appeal. The government has demanded that Microsoft turn over customer emails held in its data center in Dublin, Ireland.
