Security News > 2016 > April > Microsoft sues US govt for right to tell users when their data is accessed by feds (Help Net Security)
2016-04-15 17:49
Microsoft has filed a new lawsuit against the US government, asking the court to permit them to alert their users when their online accounts and the data in them has been accessed by the authorities. “To be clear, we appreciate that there are times when secrecy around a government warrant is needed,” explained Microsoft’s Microsoft’s president and chief legal officer Brad Smith. “But based on the many secrecy orders we have received, we question whether … More →
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