We’ve written several times about the landmark dispute between the U.S. government and Microsoft Corp. over access to a customer’s emails stored in Ireland. Now, a month after the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument on the...more
4/3/2018
/ Criminal Investigations ,
Electronic Data Transmissions ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
Email ,
Extraterritoriality Rules ,
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) ,
Invasion of Privacy ,
Ireland ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Microsoft ,
Mootness ,
Privacy Concerns ,
Proposed Legislation ,
SCOTUS ,
Search Warrant ,
Stored Communications Act
The fight over the privacy of electronic communications and the government’s ability to reach emails stored abroad in criminal investigations has finally moved to the U.S. Supreme Court. ...more
1/10/2018
/ Criminal Investigations ,
Electronic Data Transmissions ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
Email ,
Extraterritoriality Rules ,
Google ,
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) ,
Invasion of Privacy ,
Microsoft ,
Pending Litigation ,
Privacy Concerns ,
SCOTUS ,
Search Warrant ,
Stored Communications Act
A federal judge in California has agreed to hold Google in contempt for not following his order to turn over data stored overseas. The order is largely symbolic, however, since a contempt order is required for Google to...more
11/7/2017
/ Criminal Investigations ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Electronic Data Transmissions ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
Email ,
Extraterritoriality Rules ,
Google ,
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) ,
Ireland ,
Popular ,
Privacy Concerns ,
Search Warrant ,
Stored Communications Act
The ongoing dispute between the government and Google concerning the company’s refusal to hand over customer data stored on foreign servers has taken an odd twist. Now, the Justice Department is demanding that Google be...more
10/5/2017
/ Appeals ,
Contempt ,
Criminal Investigations ,
Data Storage Providers ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Electronic Data Transmissions ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
Email ,
Extraterritoriality Rules ,
Google ,
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) ,
Invasion of Privacy ,
Ireland ,
Privacy Concerns ,
Sanctions ,
Search Warrant ,
Stored Communications Act
Another federal judge has rejected the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit’s interpretation of the Stored Communications Act (SCA), and has ordered Google to hand over customer email traffic—wherever located—to U.S....more
Lawyers for the tech community are gearing up for argument next month in the U.S. District Court in San Francisco, seeking to overturn another magistrate’s order that requires digital information stored outside of the U.S. to...more
7/25/2017
/ Criminal Investigations ,
Electronic Data Transmissions ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
Email ,
Extraterritoriality Rules ,
Google ,
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) ,
Invasion of Privacy ,
Microsoft ,
Search Warrant ,
Stored Communications Act