A U.S. Federal court in New York ruled July 31 that Microsoft must turn over customers’ information to U.S. authorities. Now, Microsoft is required to give personal information, such as e-mails of their customers, regardless of the server location.

The corporation tried to challenge in court the obligation to transmit to the authorities data of foreign clients as prescribed by the competent authorities. The immediate reason for the complaint was the demand of the American Prosecutor’s Office to access the data of the European data center in Dublin, where user-level data from Russia is also processed. Prosecutor demanded access to the servers of Ireland in the criminal case about drugs.

The judgment states that it is about the control of information, and not about its location. At the same time, the court suspended its order to give Microsoft time to appeal.

Source: ruformator.ru