Microsoft refuses to hand over emails stored in Ireland, held in contempt by judge

  • 10 September 2014
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Microsoft refuses to hand over emails stored in Ireland, held in contempt by judge
 
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Author: Zeljka Zorz HNS Managing Editor/ Posted on 10 September 2014.
 
Microsoft has urged US District Judge Loretta Preska, the judge presiding over the case that sees the company refusing to hand some emails stored in its Dublin facility over to the US government, to find them in contempt.

The request, made both by the company and the government, wasgranted and allows Microsoft to immediately appeal Judge Praska's last year's ruling. The judge didn't impose any sanctions while the case proceeds to the court of appeals.

The software giant has already contested the initial decision, arguing that "the Government cannot seek and a court cannot issue a warrant allowing federal agents to break down the doors of Microsoft's Dublin facility. Likewise, the Government cannot conscript Microsoft to do what it has no authority itself to do - i.e. execute a warranted search abroad."
 
Help Net Security/ full article here/ http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=17350

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