The supreme Courtwird deal with four-year-old e-mails of a mutmaßlichenDrogendealers. This is what highest court of United States Ammons announced.

Under DerBezeichnung warrant case, case had once become known: The U.S. government had submitted Microsoft in year 2013 in a case VonDrogenkriminalität a search warrant for e-mail account of a suspect, signed by a new YorkerBezirksrichter. But Microsoft refused to use E-Mailsherauszugeben because y were stored on a server in Ireland and company was of opinion that such a (special) search warrant from United States was not valid in anor country. At least not without consent of respective AnderenRegierung or a local court.

The US government, on or hand, warüberzeugt to have certain extraterritorial rights in cases like this. As a basis for this attitude, it considers a law that was adopted long before era of cloud computing – The ElectronicCommunications Privacy Act (ECPA) of 1986.

After years of legal controversy, Microsoft won case in end before a court of appeal, DerEinspruch government was unsuccessful. The Ministry of Justice was left to call Supreme Court.

Or countries could take decision as a model

He's going to deal with case now. A judgement is likely to fall by summer of 2018. Microsoft continues to consider that Congress should regulate powers DerRegierung by law and do not leave that to courts. The company would prefer that US negotiate with or Ländernüber a modernisation of so-called Mutual legal assistancetreaties (MLATs). The sindRechtshilfeabkommen, which regulate cross-border data exchange. However, proceedings under se agreements are usually so long that y are not fürStrafverfolger helpful.

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Such Abkommenwürden, at best, prevent or countries folgenund US from also legislating, which must also be decided outside ir Grenzengelten and cloud companies in future, WessenGesetze y break if y have data stored abroad Out of EineRegierung or just not.

So far VersuchtMicrosoft has been able to circumvent this situation by storing customer data on request (and at an extra charge) in one of two speziellenRechenzentren in Germany. The hardware belongs to ZwarMicrosoft, but company has keinerleiZugriff to data according to its own specifications. Denhat only Telekom subsidiary T-Systems as so-called data-loyal operators of computer center. Such a model can only be sichaber by financially strong companies that find suitable and data centers abroad.

MicrosoftsChefjurist Brad Smith writes in a blogpost to HeutigenAnkündigung of Supreme Court: "If US Strafverfolgerdie can obtain emails from foreigners who are stored abroad, n what should prevent governments of or Länderndaran, To obtain emails from US citizens who are stored in USA? We believe that rights aufPrivatsphäre of people should be protected by laws of ir respective countries. And we believe that in Cloudgespeicherte information should enjoy same protection wiePapier that is kept in a desk. "

Date Of Update: 17 October 2017, 12:03